Revised History Tulsa Massacre

"This week Chelsea brings up some old history that you never learned. Listen to some truly terrible acts committed by american citizens. Hopefully we can learn lessons for the future as a human race."

Tulsa Massacre
Tulsa, OK was the home of "Black Wall Street", the most successful Black neighborhood in America.

In 1921, Sarah page, a 17 year old elevator operator screamed from inside a building and 19 year old Dirk Rowland, who was black, was seen running from the building. Believing him to have hurt her, the police were called.

The news reported that he had assaulted her, a well-known euphemism for sexual assault in the papers, angered the locals and a lynch mob was called. Rowland waws arrested for his own protection. The mob arrived at the sheriff's department and demand Rowland. When they were refused, they went to the national guard and were given guns.

The resulting violence led to 36 dead, more than 800 injured, 10,000 homeless and 1.5 million dollars in damage. Page never pressed any charges and never accused Rowland of anything, publicly and privately. Rowland was not Lynched and left Tulsa. The Tulsa Massacre was one of the worst examples of racial violence in modern U.S. History, exacerbated by the U.S. Military, and it's barely known by the population.

Takeaway: You need to read all sides of histories.