Post: One - step one screen. Thats all it took to ignite hell. For years, white Tulsa had been seething...
One - step one screen. That's all it took to ignite hell. For years, white Tulsa had been seething with jealousy. Greenwood Black Wall Street was an empire of millionaires and mansions. Black families thriving, living better than most whites in America. The white mob was looking for any excuse to destroy it. In nineteen twenty one they found one. A black man stepped into an elevator. A white operator screamed. The Tulsa Tribune claimed assault, though nothing happened. It was ally, but it was the match they needed. By sunset, thousands surrounded the district. Black residents armed themselves to defend their homes. Then the shooting started. But this wasn't just a riot. The police joined the mob. The National Guard helped them, and then planes appeared in the sky. They dropped bombs on American citizens on American soil. Thirty five city blocks burned, three hundred murdered. Ten thousand homeless millionaires became refugees In eighteen hours. Insurance companies refused to pay. The government buried the story for eighty years, Erased from textbooks like it never happened. They didn't just steal wealth, they stole truth. We need to read more books on the real and whitewashed American they tried to bury, share, believe, inspire black be.
Post: One - step one screen. Thats all it took to ignite hell. For years, white Tulsa had been seething...: One - step one screen. That's all it took to ignite hell. For years, white Tulsa had been seething with jealousy. Greenwood… #TreMann #screenThats #Thatsignite #yearswhite #Tulsaseething
