Selects: The Tulsa 'Race Riots'

# Stuff You Should Know: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Josh and Chuck dive deep into one of America's most deliberately buried atrocities—the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre—exploring how a thriving Black community called Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street for its incredible wealth and prosperity, was systematically destroyed in just two days. The episode traces the events from a fateful elevator encounter involving a Black shoeshine boy and a white elevator operator to the violent mob that burned 35 blocks of the city to the ground, killed hundreds of residents, and left thousands homeless while facing zero accountability. Through meticulous research, they reveal how this catastrophic event was covered up for nearly 80 years, erased from textbooks and public memory through a coordinated effort to suppress the truth—including banned funerals and insurance companies' refusal to compensate victims.