Reported by: Jamie Oberg Email: [email protected] May 31st – the anniversary of a sad day in Tulsa’s history; it’s the 90th anniversary of the race riots. After sixteen hours of attacks, hundreds were injured and nearly 10,000 people were left homeless. A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday night from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in downtown Tulsa. Fox23’s Jamie Oberg spoke with one local author who told the story of the Race Riots many had never heard. “Recognize it happened, don’t let it happen again.” As Tulsa remembers the Race Riots in the Greenwood District 90 years ago, author and native Tulsan Eddie Faye Gates remembers…

The Tulsa Race Riot Tulsa Historical Society 2445 South Peoria Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114   918.712.9484 | [email protected] On the morning of May 30, 1921, a young black man named Dick Rowland was riding in the elevator in the Drexel Building at Third and Main. The white elevator operator, Sarah Page, claimed that Rowland grabbed her arm, causing her to flee in panic. Accounts of the incident circulated among the city’s white community during the day and became more exaggerated with each telling. Tulsa police arrested Rowland the following day and began an investigation. An inflammatory report in the May 31 edition of the Tulsa Tribune spurred a confrontation between black and…