Tour Overview
This is a virtual walking tour of the 1921 Race Massacre designed to support educators in teaching the massacre offered to you by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission
One of the worst race massacres in the nation’s history occurred in Tulsa over a 14-hour period May 31-June 1, 1921.
Hundreds of people were killed, hundreds were injured and 10,000 black Tulsans were left homeless.35 Square blocks of Greenwood and a thriving Black Wall Street were destroyed. Although the massacre itself lasted only a few hours, its repercussions are still felt today.
Stops
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Stop 1: The Drexel Building 319 S. Main
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Stop 2: Tulsa Tribune Building
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Stop 3: Tulsa County Courthouse Circa 1921
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Stop 4: National Guard Armory
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Stop 5: Tulsa Police Station Location Circa 1921
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Stop 6: Greenwood - Tulsa Daily Star Building 501 N. Greenwood
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Stop 8: Dreamland Theatre 127 N. Greenwood Ave.
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Stop 9: Frisco RR Tracks
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Stop 10: Residential Homes Looted and Burned
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Stop 11: Standpipe HIll
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Stop 12: 2nd/Lewis Gathering for Early A.M. invasion of Greenwood
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Stop 13: Katy Passenger Depot
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Stop 14: Sunset Hill
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Stop 15: Mt. Zion Baptist Church
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Stop 16: Vernon A.M.E.
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Stop 17: Convention Hall
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Stop 18: Fairgrounds
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Stop 19: Former Site of Booker T. Washington High School
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Stop 20: Greenwood Cultural Center
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Stop 21: Mabel B. Little Heritage House
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Stop 23: Ellis Walker Woods Memorial
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Stop 24: Greenwood Rising
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