Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race massacre


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden tours the Greenwood Cultural Center during a visit to mark the centennial anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said.

The massacre started on May 31, 1921, when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black, in Tulsa's prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, which had gained the nickname "Black Wall Street."

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