Tulsa Race Riots (Greenwood Massacre)
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 12:20 pm
May 31, 1921, 10:00 PM, Tulsa, OK (36N10, 95W59)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
Also called the "Tulsa race riot" and "Greenwood Massacre," this riot occurred over two days, May 31-June 1 (May 30 was Memorial Day), 1921 in the Greenwood District in Tulsa. Sobriquette: "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history."
In 35 square blocks of Greenwood, "the wealthiest Black community in the United States" aka "Black Wall Street," between 100 and 300 people died, 800 were hospitalized, and 6,000 back residents were arrested. (Only 36 deaths were officially recorded.) Property damaged included $1.5 million in real estate and $750 thousand in personal property ($2.25 million total).
A 19-year-old Black boy was accused of and arrested for assaulting a 17-year-old white girl. Rumors he had been lynched aroused Blacks in the area. Gunfire was exchanged, caused 12 deaths. This, in turn, unleashed a violent mob. "Thousands of whites rampaged through the Black neighborhood that night and the next day, killing men, women, and children, burning and looting stores and homes" (Wikipedia).
The event is little known because history books pointedly excluded it.
The original assault suspect was arrested May 31 in the morning (time unknown). Newspaper accounts including a warning of a possible lynching hit the streets about 3:00 PM. By sunset, a large white mob had convened outside the courthouse and the sheriff undertook additional protective measures. By 9:30 PM 50-60 armed Black men convened at the courthouse to face off against the roughly 1,000 white men gathered, some of whom in turn went after their own guns. The crowd kept increasing, doubling to roughly 2,000.
The first shot was fired abut 10:00 PM, which set off a greater exchange of gunfire. Around 11:00 PM a National Guard unit set out to contain the rioters. About 1:00 AM June 1, the white mob started setting fires to businesses and repelled firemen at gunpoint. Increased gun violence broke out at dawn. That morning a dozen airplanes began to drop firebombs and shoot down those who fled.
More National Guard Troops arrived that morning and martial law was proclaimed at 11:49 AM. By noon, the violence was over. Martial law lasted until the afternoon of June 4.
I will study this from the perspective of the first shots fired at about 10:00 PM May 31.
Year: Capsolar {+2}
Neptune on MC 1°52'
Moon-Jupiter sq. 0°45' in mundo
Bridge {+2}
CapQ Moon op. s Saturn 0°28'
Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Octi: 15° Tau (Dormant.) Moon-Mars Moon-Saturn.
(Experimental. Occurred about a day before.)
Month/Week: Caplunar {-1}
Moon on Asc 1°43'
Pluto barely foreground
-- Moon-Venus sq. 2°52'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p Moon op. s Saturn 0°28'
p Asc conj. t Moon 0°13'
p MC op. t Mercury 0°43'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {?}
p Asc conj. t Mercury 0°46'
p MC conj. t Uranus 1°13', op. p Saturn 1°57', op. t Jupiter 0°50', sq. t Sun 0°40'
-- t Sun-Uranus sq. 0°33'
-- t Jupiter-Uranus op. 0°23'
-- t Uranus op. s Saturn 0°44'
-- t Sun-Jupiter sq. 0°10'
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t Venus conj. s MC 1°05'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
Also called the "Tulsa race riot" and "Greenwood Massacre," this riot occurred over two days, May 31-June 1 (May 30 was Memorial Day), 1921 in the Greenwood District in Tulsa. Sobriquette: "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history."
In 35 square blocks of Greenwood, "the wealthiest Black community in the United States" aka "Black Wall Street," between 100 and 300 people died, 800 were hospitalized, and 6,000 back residents were arrested. (Only 36 deaths were officially recorded.) Property damaged included $1.5 million in real estate and $750 thousand in personal property ($2.25 million total).
A 19-year-old Black boy was accused of and arrested for assaulting a 17-year-old white girl. Rumors he had been lynched aroused Blacks in the area. Gunfire was exchanged, caused 12 deaths. This, in turn, unleashed a violent mob. "Thousands of whites rampaged through the Black neighborhood that night and the next day, killing men, women, and children, burning and looting stores and homes" (Wikipedia).
The event is little known because history books pointedly excluded it.
The original assault suspect was arrested May 31 in the morning (time unknown). Newspaper accounts including a warning of a possible lynching hit the streets about 3:00 PM. By sunset, a large white mob had convened outside the courthouse and the sheriff undertook additional protective measures. By 9:30 PM 50-60 armed Black men convened at the courthouse to face off against the roughly 1,000 white men gathered, some of whom in turn went after their own guns. The crowd kept increasing, doubling to roughly 2,000.
The first shot was fired abut 10:00 PM, which set off a greater exchange of gunfire. Around 11:00 PM a National Guard unit set out to contain the rioters. About 1:00 AM June 1, the white mob started setting fires to businesses and repelled firemen at gunpoint. Increased gun violence broke out at dawn. That morning a dozen airplanes began to drop firebombs and shoot down those who fled.
More National Guard Troops arrived that morning and martial law was proclaimed at 11:49 AM. By noon, the violence was over. Martial law lasted until the afternoon of June 4.
I will study this from the perspective of the first shots fired at about 10:00 PM May 31.
Year: Capsolar {+2}
Neptune on MC 1°52'
Moon-Jupiter sq. 0°45' in mundo
Bridge {+2}
CapQ Moon op. s Saturn 0°28'
Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Octi: 15° Tau (Dormant.) Moon-Mars Moon-Saturn.
(Experimental. Occurred about a day before.)
Month/Week: Caplunar {-1}
Moon on Asc 1°43'
Pluto barely foreground
-- Moon-Venus sq. 2°52'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+2}
p Moon op. s Saturn 0°28'
p Asc conj. t Moon 0°13'
p MC op. t Mercury 0°43'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {?}
p Asc conj. t Mercury 0°46'
p MC conj. t Uranus 1°13', op. p Saturn 1°57', op. t Jupiter 0°50', sq. t Sun 0°40'
-- t Sun-Uranus sq. 0°33'
-- t Jupiter-Uranus op. 0°23'
-- t Uranus op. s Saturn 0°44'
-- t Sun-Jupiter sq. 0°10'
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t Venus conj. s MC 1°05'