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Editorial: A century after the Tulsa massacre, we have yet to atone for America s racism The Times Editorial Board © (Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images) People search through rubble in 1921 after a white mob leveled the Black neighborhood of Greenwood, killing more than 300 people. (Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images) If you look at the long history of white violence against Black and other nonwhite people in the United States, the rampage through the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., 100 years ago today stands out for its brutality. A chance encounter between a young Black man and a young white woman operating the elevator in a four-story building led to a charge of rape; as rumors whirled and a local newspaper fanned passions, a confrontation outside the courthouse spiraled within hours into a mass attack by a white mob on the segregated Black community.

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