DOJ Calls Black Wall Street Massacre ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack’

A probe by the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed what many African-Americans knew about the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa, Okla.

The DOJ called the two-day barrage, which killed 300 African-Americans and destroyed countless businesses and homes, a “coordinated, military-style attack” conducted by a White mob of more than 10,000 people.

Sabrina Ghebremedhin and Ivan Pereira of ABC News reported, “The DOJ released a 126-page report Friday following a four-month investigation into the attacks, which took place between May 31 and June 1 in 1921. In addition to the murders and property destruction, victims’ money and personal property were stolen, and they were not provided any aid.

“The report concluded that the 1921 one-week investigation done by an agent of the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigation, the precursor to the FBI, was unfounded as it did not include key details about the violence, the victims and the perpetrators and implied that Black men were responsible for the massacre.”

Read the full article here: https://www.regalmag.com/doj-calls-black-wall-street-massacre-coordinated-military-style-attack/