White mobs, some armed by the city, destroyed Tulsa’s Greenwood District and killed hundreds.

Evidence

Following the arrest of a young Black man who had ridden in an elevator with a white woman, a confrontation erupts between groups of Black and white citizens at the courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In response, mobs of white residents, some armed by the city, completely destroy the Greenwood District, then one of the wealthiest Black communities in the country, known as Black Wall Street, and kill hundreds of Black citizens. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 865

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• SHARE: A podcaster or historian friend focused on racial violence in American history would appreciate the detail that some mob members were armed by the city itself.