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GREENWOOD
a subdued history
June 1921
Housing Migrants Resultant from Mass Destruction of Greenwood Homelessness
Over 10,000 black people became homeless as a result of the riot with estimates of up to 300 being killed. After the massacre, residents of Greenwood had to live in tents in a hastily formed tent city because all of the housing in Greenwood was completely destroyed. Many would remain in this encampment for many months, enduring the harsh conditions of winter on the Oklahoma plain.
Tent used as Housing
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Sources
[1] Brown, D. (2021, February 04). Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled. How a Pandemic of Racial Terror Led to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. American Experience. PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/t-town-red-summer-racist-mobs/
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