Southern Poverty Law Center: 99th Anniversary of Tulsa Massacre Highlights Juneteenth, Murders of Black People Across U.S.
June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 22 -- Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news:
O.W. Gurley, a wealthy Black entrepreneur from Arkansas, moved to racially segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1906 and bought 40 acres of land. On it, he built three, two-story buildings and five homes for Black people who were not allowed to live on the white side of town.
Soon, word spread across the country about opportunities for Black people in the segregated section of Tulsa, which . . .
O.W. Gurley, a wealthy Black entrepreneur from Arkansas, moved to racially segregated Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1906 and bought 40 acres of land. On it, he built three, two-story buildings and five homes for Black people who were not allowed to live on the white side of town.
Soon, word spread across the country about opportunities for Black people in the segregated section of Tulsa, which . . .