The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was a direct attack on what was known as Black Wall Street as white residents and some police officers took part in killing Black people and burning their businesses. The event received more attention recently, with last year marking 100 years since it took place.
Through an installation that re-creates an actual bank, with artifacts such as a teller’s window and deposit tables, artist Paul Rucker's “Banking While Black” exhibit shines a spotlight on three Black communities that flourished a century ago, and the mob violence that destroyed them.