k Placard calling for reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001. Creator Unknown. A handmade placard that reads x201cGIVE ENOUGH REPARATIONS NOWx201d on one side. On 31 May1 June 1 1921, mobs of White residents, many of them deputised and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The attacks, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighbourhood known as quotBlack Wall Street at the time the wealthiest Black community in the United States. More than 800 people were admitted to hospitals, and as many as 6,000 Black residents were interned in large facilities, many of them for several days. The event is among quotthe single worst incidents of racial violence in American historyquot. The sign is written in black marker on a white piece of poster board and is attached to a wooden stake with five metal staples. Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Placard calling for reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001. Creator: Unknown. A handmade placard that reads   x201c GIVE   ENOUGH    REPARATIONS   NOW   x201d  on one side. On 31 May 1 June 1 1921, mobs of White residents, many of them deputised and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The attacks, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighbourhood known as  quot Black Wall Street   at the time the wealthiest Black community in the United States. More than 800 people were admitted to hospitals, and as many as 6,000 Black residents were interned in large facilities, many of them for several days. The event is among  quot the single worst incident s  of racial violence in American history quot . The sign is written in black marker on a white piece of poster board and is attached to a wooden stake with five metal staples.
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Placard calling for reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001. Creator: Unknown.

A handmade placard that reads “GIVE / ENOUGH! / REPARATIONS / NOW!” on one side. On 31 May-1 June 1 1921, mobs of White residents, many of them deputised and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The attacks, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighbourhood known as "Black Wall Street - at the time the wealthiest Black community in the United States. More than 800 people were admitted to hospitals, and as many as 6,000 Black residents were interned in large facilities, many of them for several days. The event is among "the single worst incident[s] of racial violence in American history". The sign is written in black marker on a white piece of poster board and is attached to a wooden stake with five metal staples.

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