The 1921 Tulsa Massacre

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In 1921, one of the most prosperous Black communities in America was attacked, burned, and nearly erased from public memory. The Greenwood District of Tulsa, known as Black Wall Street, became the site of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. The number of estimated dead was in the hundreds. Thousands of Black residents were left homeless, and hundreds of homes and businesses were burned. Yet for decades, the story was largely unknown. Learn more about the Tulsa Massacre and its legacy on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Honor the past by uncovering its stories at Newspapers.com Promo Code EVERYTHINGEVERWHERE Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1921, one of the most prosperous black communities in America was attacked, burned, and nearly
0:06.2	erased from memory. The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Black Wall Street,
0:11.9	became the site of one of the worst acts of violence in American history. The number of dead is
0:16.7	estimated to be in the hundreds. Thousands of black residents were left homeless, and hundreds of homes and businesses were burned.
0:23.6	Yet, for decades, the story was largely unknown.
0:27.2	Learn more about the Tulsa Massacre and its legacy
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1:47.5	When the Oklahoma Territory was open to settlement in 1889, it brought tens of thousands
1:52.6	of people, many of whom were former slaves or the descendants of slaves. More than 10,000 black
1:58.4	migrants rushed to the region to claim their settlement.
2:07.0	One of the most prominent settlement points was in Tulsa, a small city in northeastern Oklahoma.
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