A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past

A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past. Buildings were destroyed in a massive fire during the Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob attacked the Greenwood neighborhood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla. , in 1921. Eyewitnesses recalled the specter of men carrying torches through the streets to set fire to homes and businesses.