This led to a situation where large numbers of racist and rightwing members of the community were given the authority and the legal right to carry arms and continue the violence.
The results of the horrendous violence that ensued were that between one-hundred and three hundred Black people were killed. Damage to the community was devastating. The Entire 35-block Greenwood District was basically destroyed. More than ten-thousand people were left homeless after the incident. Furthermore, the Tulsa Star and the Oklahoma Sun, two Black newspapers were totally destroyed, as well as the library and six churches. Many private properties, including the offices of professionals such as lawyers and doctors, were also destroyed in the day of violence.
Another appalling fact that emerges from the documentary is the way in which the Blacks residents of Tulsa were treated even after the violence. They were all forced to seek refuge and those who were vouched for by whites in the town had to wear ribbons to identify themselves. This fact brings to mind the way that the Nazis treated the Jews during the Second World War.
Another aspect that adds to the impression of racial motivation and planning is the fact that that the newspapers in Tulsa reported the incident as if it had been the fault of the black residents of the town. The papers also reported that only thirty black people had been killed, a fact that we now know to be false. Furthermore, the Tulsa city council subsequently...
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