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Blacks had heard the rumor that the police had joined the riot. The were flying in airplanes and

using dynamite to blow Greenwood up. Finally, when the National Guard came they only arrested the blacks not the whites. 25 whites died. 25 to 300

blacks had died. From that point on Greenwood will

never be the same.

Event 2

The whites rampaged into the city.

They were killing people, burning

houses and buildings down,

and looting homes and stores.

Event 3

Event 2

Event 1

The cause of the riot

50 armed blacks block the court house, preventing the shoe shiner from getting lynched. A white goes up to a black and a riot is set off.

The Tulsa Riot

By kaori and Isaac

Outcome

City does not support those who lost their jobs and homes. Support comes from the black community and some sympathetic whites. After a lot of work, Greenwood is left a block of buildings and an annual ceremony to remember.

Cause of the riot

A 19 year old shoe shiner

walked into a white people only elevator.

The elevator stopped and he tripped and

accidentally tripped then, he touched the

white lady. Word got out and rumors spread

that he sexually assaulted her. The newspaper

found out about the allegation and said that the

shoe shiner should be lynched. The white mob was going to do it but tne blacks were going to stop it.

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