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African Americans have a rich history in Oklahoma. [1][2] An estimated 7.8% of Oklahomans are Black as of the 2020 census, constituting 289,961 individuals. [3] African-Americans first settled in Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears. While many of these people were enslaved Africans, around 500 chose to do so in order to escape slavery. [4]
Data from Tulsa’s own Equality Indicators reports shows a nearly 10-year life expectancy gap between majority-Black residents of north Tulsa and majority-white south Tulsa.
The population density was 1,991.9 inhabitants per square mile (769.1/km 2). There were 185,127 housing units at an average density of 982.3 per square mile (379.3/km 2). [1] During the day, incoming commuters increase Tulsa's population by nearly 36,000 people. This makes the city's daytime population rise from about 391,000 to over 427,000. [2]
November 5, 2024 at 11:22 PM. Monroe Nichols has defeated Karen Keith in the race to become the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma's second-largest city, according to unofficial results. The win makes ...
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13] [14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and ...
July 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to reconsider the case ...
Website. www.cityoftulsa.org. Tulsa (/ ˈtʌlsə / TUL-sə) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. [5] It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1,034,123 residents.
Dick Rowland. Dick Rowland or Roland[1] (Born Jimmie Jones and Diamond Dick Rowland[1] in news reports, born c. 1902 — c. 1960s - 1979? [2]) was an African American teenage shoeshiner whose arrest for assault in May 1921 was the impetus for the Tulsa race massacre. Rowland was 19 years old at the time. The alleged victim of the assault was a ...