BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH HATE RE
SOME RESENTMENT IN VENGEANCE
IN THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN
DOES NOT BELONG TO EVERYONE
AND NOT EVERYONE IS CREATED
EQUAL. NATIVE AMERICANS ASIAN
AMERICANS, HISPANIC AMERICANS,
BLACK AMERICANS. A BELIEF.
ENFORCED BY LAW. BY BATCH. I
COULDNT BUY NEWS. THIS SPACE.
TO THAT. LIT THE FUSE. IT
LIFTED BY THE SPARK PROVIDE.
THE FUSE. FURY. WAS IT IN A
SON INTERACTION. IT TURNED
INTO ITS TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
HEADLINE ALLEGATION. OF A
BLACK MALE TEENAGER ATTACKING
A WHITE FEMALE TEENAGER. WHITE
MOB. THE 1000. GATHERED AROUND
THE COURTHOUSE WITH A BLACK
TEENAGER IS BEING HELD. READY
TO DO IS STILL OCCURRED. LYNCH
THAT YOUNG MAN THAT NIGHT. BUT
75 BLACK MEN, INCLUDING BLACK
VETERANS. A RIGHT TO STAND
GUARD. WORDS WERE EXCHANGED.
THEN A SCUFFLE. THEN A SHOTS
FIRED. WAS UNLEASHED. LITERAL
WAS UNLEASHED. THROUGH THE
NIGHT INTO THE MORNING. THE
MOB TERRORIZE AGREE WITH
TORCHES AND GUNS SHOOTING IT
WELL. TIED A BLACK MAN BY THE
WAIST TO THE BACK OF THEIR
TRUCK. WITH HIS HEAD BANGED
ALONG THE PAVEMENT IS A DROVE
OFF. A MURDER BLACK FAMILY
DRAPED OVER THE FENCE OF THEIR
ALL OUTSIDE. AND ONLY A COUPLE
NOT BOTHER BED PRAYING TO GOD.
WITH THEIR HEART AND THEIR
SOUL. THERE ARE SHOT IN THE
BACK OF THEIR HEADS. PRIVATE
PLANES, PRIVATE PLANES
DROPPING EXPLOSIVES. THE FIRST
AND ONLY DOMESTIC CARELESS.
ALL OF ITS KIND. AMERICAN CITY
HERE IN TULSA. GREENWICH
NEARLY 2 DOZEN CHURCHES BURNED
LIKE MY MOUNT ZION. ACROSS THE
STREET. DID VERNON AM E.
MOTHER RANDALL SAID IT WAS
LIKE A WAR. OTHER FLETCHER
SAYS ALL THESE YEARS LATER SHE
STILL SEES BLACK BODIES THE
GREENWOOD NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER
A J SMITH CERTAIN WHO RESPECT
HERMAN. AND THE POLL. WHAT HE
HEARD AND FELT THAT NIGHT.
HERES THE POLI SAID KILL
THEM. SET THE PACE, TEACH THEM
HOW TO KEEP THEIR PLACE. RAIN
AND MURDER THEFT AND PLUNDER
WAS THE ORDER OF THE NIGHT.
THATS WHAT HE REMEMBERS. THE
POLL. ROOM. 100 YEARS AGO. AT
THIS HOUR. ON THIS FIRST DAY
OF JU. SMOKE DARKENING. THE
TULSA SKY. RISING FROM 35
BLOCKS OF GREENWOOD. LEFT A
NATIONAL AMBER. RAISED IN
RUBBLE. LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS. 1100 BLACK
HOMES AND BUSINESSES LOST.
INSURANCE COMPANIES. THAT
ASSURANCE, MANY OF THEM
REJECTED CLAIMS OF DAMAGE.
10,000 PEOPLE WERE LEFT
DESTITUTE AND HOMELESS. PLACED
IN INTERNMENT CAMPS. TOLD
TODAY THEY WERE TOLD DONT YOU
MENTION YOU ARE EVER IN THE
CAMP. WELL COME AND GET YOU.
THATS THE SURVIVORS TOO. YET.
NO ONE, NO ARRESTS. THE MOB
WERE MADE KNOWN. NO PROPER
COUNTING THE DEAD. THE DEATH
TOLL RECORDS. A LOCAL OFFICIAL
SAID THEY WERE 36 PEOPLE. 36
PEOPLE. BASED ON STUDIES
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS. THE
LIKELIHOOD. WHOS LIKELY
NUMBERS MUCH FOR THE MULTIPLE
OF HUNDREDS. UNTOLD BODIES
DUMPED INTO MASS GRAVES.
FAMILIES. WHO THE TIME WAITED
FOR HOURS AND DAYS TO KNOW THE
FATE OF THEIR LOVED ONES. ARE
NOW. DESCENDANTS. GUN 100
YEARS WITHOUT CLUTCH. AS WE
THEIR SOULS. REST IN PEACE. MY FELLOW AMERICANS. THIS IS NOT
FELLOW AMERICANS. THIS IS NOT A RIGHT. THIS WAS A MASSACRE.