What happened to Black Wall Street on June 1, 1921?

February 9, 2011

A child rescuer on June 1, 1921 – with Whites out to kill them, Blacks could rely on no one but each other.

Black Wall Street, the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air and burned to the ground by mobs of envious Whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving Black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering – a model community destroyed and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.

The night’s carnage left some 3,000 African Americans dead and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 churches, 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, plus a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half dozen private airplanes and even a bus system. As could have been expected, the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials and many other sympathizers.

Black America’s most prosperous community, Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went up in flames June 1, 1921, in the KKK-led Tulsa Race Riot. According to Wikipedia, “During the 16 hours of the assault, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, an estimated 10,000 were left homeless, and 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire caused by bombing.”

The best description of Black Wall Street, or Little Africa as it was also known, would be to compare it to a mini Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African Americans could create a successful infrastructure. That’s what Black Wall Street was all about.

The dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As for resources, there were Ph.D.s residing in Little Africa, Black attorneys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry, who owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, hefty pocket change in 1910.

These are Black-built, Black-owned buildings that were occupied by bustling Black businesses before envious whites rioted and destroyed them.

It was a time when the entire state of Oklahoma had only two airports, yet six Blacks owned their own planes. It was a very fascinating community.

The mainstay of the community was to educate every child. Nepotism was the one word they believed in. And that’s what we need to get back to. The main thoroughfare was Greenwood Avenue, and it was intersected by Archer and Pine Streets. From the first letters in each of those three names you get G.A.P. And that’s where the renowned R&B music group the GAP Band got its name. They’re from Tulsa.

At the end of the day, June 1, 1921, this is what remained of Black Wall Street. Lost forever were over 600 successful businesses, including 21 churches, 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores, two movie theaters, a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half dozen private airplanes and a bus system.

Black Wall Street was a prime example of the typical Black community in America that did business, but it was in an unusual location. You see, at the time, Oklahoma was set aside to be a Black and Indian state. There were over 28 Black townships there. One third of the people who traveled in the terrifying “Trail of Tears” alongside the Indians between 1830 and 1842 were Black people. The citizens of this proposed Indian and Black state chose a Black governor, a treasurer from Kansas named McDade. But the Ku Klux Klan said that if he assumed office that they would kill him within 48 hours.

Here, the businesses that had been the economic engine of this most prosperous Black community in the U.S. are identified.

A lot of Blacks owned farmland, and many of them had gone into the oil business.

The community was so tight and wealthy because they traded dollars hand to hand and because they were dependent upon one another as a result of the Jim Crow laws. It was not unusual that if a resident’s home accidentally burned down, it could be rebuilt within a few weeks by neighbors. This was the type of scenario that was going on day to day on Black Wall Street.

When Blacks intermarried into the Indian culture, some of them received their promised “40 acres and a mule” and with that came whatever oil was later found on the properties. On Black Wall Street, a lot of global business was conducted.

The community flourished from the early 1900s until June 1, 1921. That’s when the largest massacre of nonmilitary Americans in the history of this country took place, and it was led by the Ku Klux Klan. Imagine walking out of your front door and seeing 1,500 homes being burned. It must have been amazing.

Survivors we interviewed think that the whole thing was planned, because during the time that all of this was going on, White families with their children stood around the borders of their community and watched the massacre – the looting and everything – much in the same manner they would watch a lynching. The riots weren’t caused by anything Black or White. They were caused by jealousy.

Almost 1,500 homes were also destroyed in the 35 blocks that went up in flames and over 3,000 Black residents murdered by the Ku Klux Klan-led Tulsa Race Riot.

A lot of White folks had come back from World War I and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the war had come home heroes, that helped trigger the destruction. It cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution – no insurance claims – has been awarded the victims to this day. Nonetheless, they rebuilt.

We estimate 1,500 to 3,000 people were killed, and we know that a lot of them were buried in mass graves all around the city. Some were thrown into the river. As a matter of fact, at 21st Street and Yale Avenue, where there now stands a Sears parking lot, that corner used to be a coal mine. They threw a lot of the bodies into the shafts.

‘The gun went off, the riot was on’

[excerpts from a CNN report]

On the night of May 31,1921, mobs called for the lynching of Dick Rowland, a Black man who shined shoes, after hearing reports that on the previous day he had assaulted Sarah Page, a White woman, in the elevator she operated in a downtown building.

So determined were whites in Tulsa to wipe out all evidence of Blacks’ prosperity and achievement despite impossible odds, they used airplanes to firebomb Black Wall Street from the air.

A local newspaper had printed a fabricated story that Rowland tried to rape Page. In an editorial, the same newspaper said a hanging was planned for that night. As groups of both Blacks and Whites converged on the Tulsa Courthouse, a White man in the crowd confronted an armed Black man, a war veteran, who had joined with other Blacks to protect Rowland.

Eddie Faye Gates, a member of the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, formed several years ago to determine exactly what happened, told CNN what happened next.

“This White man,” she said, asked the Black man, “What are you doing with this gun?” “I’m going to use it if I have to,” the Black man said, according to Gates, “and (the White man) said, ‘No, you’re not. Give it to me,’ and he tried to take it. The gun went off, the White man was dead, the riot was on.”

Truckloads of Whites set fires and shot Blacks on sight. When the smoke lifted the next day, more than 1,400 homes and businesses in Tulsa’s Greenwood District, a prosperous area known as the “Black Wall Street,” lay in ruins. Today, only a single block of the original buildings remains standing in the area. Experts now estimate that at least 3,000 died.

‘We’re in a heck of a lot of trouble’

Beulah Smith was 14 years old the night of the riot. A neighbor named Frenchie came pounding on her family’s door in a Tulsa neighborhood known as “Little Africa” that also went up in flames.

As fires set by white rioters raged, claiming all they held dear, Black men who fought back to protect their families, homes and businesses were arrested and killed. There were outnumbered 10 to one. Here, a white man with a shotgun guards the body of a Black man and several prisoners outside Tulsa’s Convention Hall.

“Get your families out of here because they’re killing Niggers uptown,” she remembers Frenchie saying. “We hid in the weeds in the hog pen,” Smith told CNN.

People in a mob that came to Kenny Booker’s house asked, “Nigger, do you have a gun?” he told CNN. Booker, then a teenager, hid with his family in their attic until the home was torched. “When we got downstairs, things were burning. My sister asked me, ‘Kenny, is the world on fire?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, but we’re in a heck of a lot of trouble, baby.’”

Another riot survivor, Ruth Avery, who was 7 at the time, gives an account matched by others who told of bombs dropped from small airplanes passing overhead.

The explosive devices may have been dynamite or Molotov cocktails – gasoline-filled bottles set afire and thrown as grenades. “They’d throw it down and when it’d hit, it would burst into flames,” Avery said.

Only a single block remains of the 1,400 homes and businesses that made up the area known as Black Wall Street.

Unmarked graves

Many of the survivors mentioned bodies were stacked like cord wood, says Richard Warner of the Tulsa Historical Society.

Survivors search the ruins of their homes for anything they can salvage. To this day, no insurance claims nor any restitution has been paid.

In its search for the facts, the commission has literally been trying to dig up the truth.

Two headstones at Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery indicate that riot victims are buried there. In an effort to determine how many, archeological experts used ground-piercing radar and other equipment to test the soil in a search for unmarked graves.

The test picked up indications that hundreds of people have been buried in an area just outside the cemetery.

Editor’s note: The Tulsa Race Riot Commission, formed in 1997 to determine exactly what happened and what should be done now, delivered its final report in 2001, calling for substantial restitution. “In June 2001,” according to Wikipedia, “the Oklahoma state legislature passed the ‘1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconciliation Act.’ While falling short of the commission’s recommendations, it provided for more than 300 college scholarships for descendants of Greenwood residents, mandated the creation of a memorial to those who died in the riot, and called for new efforts to promote economic development in Greenwood. A documentary, “Before They Die!” has been made about the survivors and their quest for justice. It chronicles efforts in Oklahoma to gain reparations for the survivors. And watch the video “One Day in May!” at www.BeforeTheyDieMovie.com.

This story comes from the Ujamaa Network, which can be reached at mikehouse@ujamaanetwork.biz. They add these words of wisdom: “We must buy from ourselves in order to re-circulate Black dollars. If we want our dollars to return, we must spend them within our own community. 2011 will be our year if we decide it will be. Make a commitment to yourself to do as much of your spending within our community as possible.”

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44 thoughts on “What happened to Black Wall Street on June 1, 1921?”

Selina February 10, 2011 at 11:52 am

To Sum It all up White-America's fear of compentition that's why the African continent and it's nations are in such turmoil.

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1. bobby May 20, 2011 at 8:15 am
  
  For one it's White-American's and everyone Black person should kno dat da white iz tryna keep us down
  
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  1. Gest September 11, 2011 at 12:47 am
    
    NO it is WHITE AMERICA and second of the Article proves how much of a PUNK A$$ you people
    
    PUNK A$$
    
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2. david January 16, 2012 at 9:22 am
  
  the world dont want you to know we have a mind and the
  ability to prosper
  
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Robert Woods February 10, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Incredible, the pictures speak volumes. There need to be a movie made showing the demise of that community. We need to began, restoring our history.

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1. Calvin King December 14, 2011 at 1:25 am
  
  A movie made by BLACKS paid for by the descendants of WHITEs who murdered 3000 human beings!
  
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William Sapp February 13, 2011 at 11:09 am

I have never heard of this incident…has any restitution ever been made?

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1. Chase Humphrey June 3, 2011 at 11:05 pm
  
  in 2001 efforts for restitution and scholarships were introduced but only a few sholorships were provided to greenwood residence decedents
  
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  1. Chase Humphrey June 3, 2011 at 11:05 pm
    
    statue of limitations
    
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    1. Calvin King December 14, 2011 at 1:27 am
      
      There's no statue of limitations on murder
      
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william sapp February 13, 2011 at 11:10 am

I mean REAL restitution?

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MAX HEEB February 13, 2011 at 12:51 pm

RESTITUTION BY WHO? I WAS NOT BORN THEN. IT WAS OBVIO9USLY A MAJOR TRAGIDY PROBABLY BY THE KKK. THE BLACK CULTURE IS DIFFERENT TODAY APPARENTLY. I DONT THINK THAT THE GOVRENMENT PROGRAMS HAVE HELPED. THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN HAVE INCREASED. POVERTY IS INCREASED IN FATHERLESS HOMES AS IS SCHOOL DROPOUTS. THE 1020 BLACK COMMUNITY STRESSED EDUCATION.

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Dana February 13, 2011 at 6:41 pm

Ignorance comes cloaked in self-righteousness which was the mindset of many of those who burned this community in 1921. Whether we agree we are culpable or not–whether we blame the "other" or not, it matters very little. The wheel is turning inexorably toward a world in which whites are the minority and we in the racial majority will have less and less inherited power to lie back on and posture from. It compels a vision and behaviors that are larger than this complacent finger-pointing.

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Werwolf February 19, 2011 at 5:18 am

This is terribly researched. The author is an idiot. Do your research, get the facts right. You want to honor the dead? Honor them by trying out some basic scholarship. This newspaper is a total disgrace.

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1. JustSaying February 20, 2012 at 8:20 am
  
  We await your more scholarly article. In the meantime, the paper you describe as a "total disgrace" has printed information that anyone can now do additional research on. 52 weeks ago you made your remarks, where is your article? Can you point to a more scholarly article that can be read? Where's the link? Can you help make the paper more honorable? As I read the story that I had heard about in some vague way, I wondered how many other stories of its kind have been buried. This type of story flies into the face of "Blacks are not trying hard enough." We often forget that the rules change as we near the finish line, the playing field is not level and we fight against seen and unseen forces. Just seeing this article in Black History Month, February 20, 2011, I am reminded that the Black fight for excellence has been sabotoged at times (more times than one would imagine). It encourages me to move forward to find the truth and to do my best to correct those things that I have jurisdiction over—mainly myself! Besides your howling and criticizing Werwolf, what skill-set do you bring to this equation? What forces are keeping you from writing and submitting that scholarly article?
  
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  1. Lance May 17, 2013 at 3:58 am
    
    The fact that you can't put facts together correctly, or a proper article, does not mean that he has to correct your mistakes. Where does your sense of entitlement come from that you feel you can order another human to do something, and that it should be done if you do?
    
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Imperial Allah May 26, 2011 at 5:02 pm

I am and will always be your brother and companion through all trials and tribulations. We know what the problem is, the real question is how many of you are willing to unite and come together for one common cause so we can truly build a empire, just like our brothers and sisters from BLACK WALL STREET ? Bakka Bazz is the movement and Royal City is the vehicle……. I have the formula…call 1.877.831.1078 and ask for Imperial or True Reflection…….

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Billy Ward September 9, 2011 at 9:45 am

This is truly a tragedy in every sense of the word.9/11 was a masterful tragedy,but just think about this one.One of the most gruesome massacres in the history of America and most Americans has no idea what happened.This just goes to show what America feels about our Afican community.We as African Americans have got to wake up and understand who we are.We are divine beings,but if we don't understand how to get to that divinest spiritually than we will continue to be lost.This is our key to getting back to our roots.African sprituality and conciousness.hetep!!

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ace September 17, 2011 at 4:04 am

To be honest with you i don't consider myself AFrican or AFrican American.. African Americans are mainly HOUSE NIGGAS and Africans are killing each other over land that clearly is owned by da PorkBack.. I am Black as the night and color of my heart.. my people are now amongst the highest of AIDS, DISGUSTING GAYS AND LESBIANS, AND MURDER RATES… i careless about a athelete cause you still running or getting knocked around for the white mans pay and enjoyment.. WE WILL 4EVER BE SLAVES

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1. Jay October 10, 2011 at 10:46 am
  
  YOU will be forever a slave–to your ridiculous thoughts and distateful comments!! I hope one day people will be able to accept each other for who they are and not hold others captive by their own insecurities!! You sound completely stupid and I, normally, don't comment on someone's opinion, but you just are a mess. I hope you are very young and have a chance to grow up, but IF you are already an adult–I HOPE you dont have children that have to learn from you.
  
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  1. Moe February 8, 2012 at 8:02 am
    
    Jay, your comment is only adding to this mess. It was so not necessary… What Ace is saying has alot of truth, he's only very blunt with his comments. Please dont knock the next person for expressing one's self. There is a such thing as House Niggas and Field Niggas… the House Niggas turned on their own, Field Niggas stuck together… Which are you?
    
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justice December 21, 2011 at 8:55 am

If we did rebuild they would just do the samething. what happend to Blackwall street was total a disreguard for human life or love. [Aliens?]Not real humans? Look at all the problems in the world. Where are the problems coming from? Whom of us causes these problems. Does are goverment not see kkk as true Terrorist? [EL-kida who]?Or was our government an aide in this terror. Hittler still walks in all forms of goverment mainly at the top and some peace-officers.How many people went to jail? [Move] Osage ave philadephia pa 1985 may 13th [mothers day.] It was just an eviction. Murder took place. They want your gold and guns now. Its coming again. [mass murder] where?when?i call it the passing of the tourch. kkk is running and ruening the planet.. They should be rounded up and jailed like Ben and his boys. The U.S. will not even outlaw this terrorism to date. Hittler is alive and well. i am scared to seek medical treatment anymore. They are trying to kill us all. Human-beings that its. The kkk is well off money wise and they seem to be very very did i say very patriotic..

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mark webster January 13, 2012 at 11:15 pm

Am without words, this crazy, how can someone do this to a people. Some one has to pay for this some how. They keep beat us down, for what? We did not ask to come here, we still have to live!

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12tribes January 26, 2012 at 1:54 am

We will get payback when our (Black)very DARKSKINNED Lord JESUS CHRIST RETURNS.Everything Esau(The RED NATION,THE WHITE MAN) did to us not because of the color of our skin but because of who we are WE WILL DO IT UNTO THEM. HE THAT LEADETH INTO CAPTIVITY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY!SELAH

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sarah January 31, 2012 at 9:55 am

2 Corinthians 4 verse 8
8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—

Romans 12 verse 19
19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”[a] says the Lord.

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Tim February 1, 2012 at 9:12 am

Ok both sides above are irrational. The truth is that Black Americans are no different than White Americans, except that the black community has long been used by certain elitist whites. Do your history. Before the civil war there were prominent blacks throughout the country. It was not until the DEMOCRAT party began underground & forming groups like the KKK that the two races could not live peaceably together. I have never heard of Little Africa or Black Wall St but would be proud to see it thrive. As a white man, I find it odd that we have "Chinatown" in many cities & no one says a word but if the black community starts their own, all hell breaks loose. That is because of 2 things. 1 You have ignorant white people who allow the weeds of racism to give you these ever so quiet whispers in your ear that somehow blacks are inferior. And 2 gullible black people who allow militant radicals control your pulpits. All other races get along just fine but black and white is being driven apart for a larger purpose. Wake up! Black skin is only skin deep & the blood inside is a red as any white's. And white people are no different than let's say Korean people & just want peace & freedom. All races have been slaves at one time & ll races have committed atrocities for their cause. It is time to get beyond this racist crap & begin to allow people ALL PEOPLE be free. And if you are saying that "oh he is just some white cracker that knows nothing" you would be wrong. I am Lebanese & look at what my people are doing to themselves & then to others. We are destroying our own people for islam & attacking the Jews for no reason at all.

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1. Mr.B February 7, 2012 at 8:48 am
  
  Your thoughts get my vote; very hoprful and refreshing position.
  
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2. bereal November 1, 2012 at 1:10 pm
  
  Be real no other race fought for freedom no other race did not get there land taken from them no other race did not get lynch. They say Columbus found america that's a lie but you say we all the same bull if you look at it white people did all the killings we as blacks did not go bomb the korean we did not steal land from the indians. An as for your country they are on they land they did not help build america they try to destroy america I have lots of different races as friend an they all ways tell me when we discuss this matter an they say yes white people was wrong an the regret that wE can't get alone so for you to say what you said I think you are a racist an do no nothing about history you was not born here you read about it
  
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Woody Woodham February 9, 2012 at 7:43 pm

In a perfect world there is only one race, the human race. How sad that racism exists in any culture.

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Robert March 17, 2012 at 3:58 am

Black People Are The Real Inventers!

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James Wilson June 10, 2012 at 3:15 pm

We must make sure that we and our children learn about our past

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1. Gilbert Yearwood. October 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm
  
  Hello! James Wilson. I agree we as a people must teach our children about our past and our history. I read about Black Wall Street, I was not born in those days but I felt as if though it had happen to me.
  
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2. desmondporetr March 25, 2013 at 8:17 am
  
  ok
  
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Jalen Arrington September 16, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Wednsday before professor Robertson discuss the powerpoint ” Race “, he touched down on and important video . ” Slavery by another name ” was the format that we were discussing . It tought us that race had an huge impact on culture and society . Frdiay , special guest speaker Dr. Harden really broke the method of slavery down to me . I recieved the message as if I were in the same particular position my fellow ancestors were facing . Poverty , racism , ethnicity , internalization , social construction , discrimination , and prejudice . The list goes on and on . Discrimination in slavery was in a way self-explanitory . Whites would as we say today ” blackmale ” the black community . Discriminating in every way possible , african americans were at risk of not only there freedom but their lifes as well . Dr . Harden was very accurate about this particular subject . He described how african americans were pusing themselves to the limit . Their tactics and demands were getting rejected because they were trying to move up in society . They weren’t allowed to . Therefore , recent gains are undeserved . I believe that african africans should’ve of lived in a society where race and judgement of class shouldn’t matter . Whites were so prejudice against african americans . Some african americans were convicted and senteced to being an indentured servants . Working to pay off their debt . Many were falsely accussed of this incident . No matter how mny times african americans would run away from trouble , trouble would find them . Never did have any say so . That’s until the admendments were admitted into law . We all know that african americans were considered as enslaved people . ” Niggers ” to be exact . Institutional Racism consist of race . Mainly occurs in public places . Systematic Racism consists of patterns that discriminates across social organizes in society . These two types of racism made society what it is today . The way we handle racism today are using different classes. You are classified by the class you in . It is essential that we all learn about our history now . Later will be too late . Abstract Liberalism consist of having an hands off approach to land oppurtunity . That’s a important fact that Dr. Harden spoke about . America is the land of oppurtunity . You choose the right choice to make and reep the consequences . I choose to get ahead of my generation and make it to the top . Our generation today dont take advantage of the oppurtunity at hand . They tend to expect everything handed to them . Well , im here to stand up and stand out for my generation . No , I don’t know everything about the world and what’s going on in the world . I can assure you that im willing to know . So many oppurtunity n life that we as young people can choose from . When Dr. Harden finish his lecture I was really into his words still . He really broke everything down to max ; making it understadable to my intelligence . Comparing his lecture to everyday life now , makes alot of since . None of us african americans would be free if it weren’t for our ancestors . They’re the ones that went through the pain , hardship , hard labor , and suffered just so we can be standing on our on two feet . So I tip my hat to the ones that suffered for my freedom and say thank you for everything . That’s what I got out of Dr. Harden’s lecture .

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Booker T October 27, 2012 at 5:10 am

Never happened. What a farce. They lyin.

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Ronald carmichael January 8, 2013 at 7:32 pm

I hope and pray that we one day will come back together as a community our heroes was our mothers and fathers teach your children real black history don't water it down.

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Just Another January 18, 2013 at 10:39 pm

So they *white people* lied to us? When talking about civil rights in school I never ONCE heard about this. If it was so important, which it seems it is, why? why,why,why…..

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Mary Royer January 29, 2013 at 12:26 pm

My Mom was crying when she told me about this…jealousy by those that were unable to achieve such a beautiful life…jealousy by the lazy and immorally inept….by so called Christians. Bodies thrown away like trash in and effort to cover up the reality…..jealousy !!!!

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sandra hawkins February 9, 2013 at 3:47 am

When I read this it definitely saddens and challenges you to think better of evil people, without ruining your own pride and heart, 1912 and here it is 2013 a black president and the same type of people, wage war on his intelligence and capabilities, the very same mindset of 1912, jealousy and unjustifiable hatred because you are just intelligent if not more than they are! It upsets me to know the same types of people we witness on a daily basis for the last 4 yrs and continues, are the exact same type of idiots who destroyed black wall street in 1912! Ain't that a B—h!

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SHIRLEY ALLEN February 28, 2013 at 12:53 pm

NOTHING TO FEAR FOR GOD WILL RESTORE ORDER WHITE FOLKS WERE SIMPLY JUST DUMB AND LAZY THAT WHY SLAVERY WAS, AND THEY WISH IT COULD STILL BE, THEIR WOMEN SAT ON OLD RUSTY BUTTS ALL DAY SIPPING TEA BLACK WOMEN DID THEIR HAIR WASHED THEY KIDS, FED THEY KIDS WHILE THEIR BABIES STARVED, I MEAN REALLY THESE PEOPLE WERE SIMPLY L,A,Z,Y AND THEY WANT TO CALL US LAZY SMH AND DONT FORGET THE MASTER GAMBLE ALL DAY BEAT ON THE BLACKS HAVE SEX WITH ANY BLACK WOMEN,CHILD,BOY,MAN, HOW SWEET IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THESE PERVERTS,

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tazaz March 11, 2013 at 6:05 am

It is so SAD what the white people did to US…They minimised us treated us less than animals destroyed every hope we had and broke our society into pieces…now,it s about time we stand together as one,build a strong Black unity,work hard,love everyone including whites and make sure that the bright future belongs only to us…They all had their chance and they wasted it by changing this world into a developped hell(whites,asians,…)…Time is near when they will be nothing left of the white civilisation,they will go down to the knees and apologies to the world.Africa,the continent their ancestors and themselves treated like trash will be the only liveable continent in less than 200years!!!we won’t be arround to live it but we will begin to see the signs very soon.Imagine how impossible life is gonna be for the white society when guns and money will become useless!!!They should have treated us like their own when they had that chance!

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desmond March 25, 2013 at 8:15 am

The real sad point about this is very few Black people know this story and many, especially in England, would not even believe this event actually happened. Black people now listen, believe and understand the 'STORIES' told to them from a white perspective. Blacks in England really need to be RE-EDUCATED about their rich history as they are simply guided by the possible 'RICHES' they could gain if continue to preach the misguided stories that Black people have no business sense and you are 'better of'dealing with the white man because Blacks cannot be trusted. amd moreWhen I read this it definitely saddens and challenges you to think better of evil people, without ruining your own pride and heart, 1912 and here it is 2013 a black president and the same type of people, wage war on his intelligence and capabilities, the very same mindset of 1912, jealousy and unjustifiable hatred because you are just intelligent if not more than they are! It upsets me to know the same types of people we witness on a daily basis for the last 4 yrs and continues, are the exact same type of idiots who destroyed black wall street in 1912! Ain't that a B—h!

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Tamba April 5, 2013 at 12:14 pm

I am shock about this how someone take air plan bombed he’s own people who are not rebel or armed.

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Lance May 17, 2013 at 4:07 am

War is a natural in humanity. You post this to get people "fired up," but you are actually only further setting us back. This is perpetuating the race war. This happened in a different world. Nothing is the same now as it was in 1921. Today we have the "Blackfoot Soldiers," raping, killing, and looting. THAT IS TODAY! For reparations none-the-less. I'm of french descent, so how does that allow you to rape my wife?

Another question. Black slaves were allowed to own Irish slaves. These Irish slaves were treated far worse and only had a few year life expectancy. Do blacks owe the Irish reparations?

I'm not going to cite sources intentionally, get of your asses and look it up and learn something for yourself, instead of just ingesting spoon-fed bandwagon propaganda like this

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