The Burning of Black Wall Street - Tulsa, OK - Extra History

[@elismith5499]

“If there is one thing we can learn from history, it’s that no one learns from history.” -Otto Von Bismark

[@rexappleby4731]

Those who do not learn history are condemned to repeat it. Those who do learn history are condemned to watch others repeat it.

[@thatperson1009]

otto von bismark is quite smart

[@nintendopigeon8136]

yes he always had a plan

[@sleeexs]

@@rexappleby4731 This

[@animuszen136]

Not that I'm doubting you, but can you cite that?

[@AnthonyParcmans]

I am from Tulsa, the greenwood massacre was a significant part of our history lessons. I'm glad it's being examined on a larger scale. We as a city are still reconning with the events and the massacre is now represented in the red of our new flag. The search for the mass graves continues to this day. Thank you for talking about this

[@snikerz5886]

Unfortunately with Oklahoma banning CRT, things like that will most likely fade away again.

[@alishafitz3035]

My school didn't teach us that and I live in Tulsa

[@SignalRaptor_]

I live in Tulsa as well, graduated in 2019, this was a footnote in my sophomore year in state history.

[@idkwhatnametochoose6197]

@Elijah Newton but CRT bans are often vague.

[@goreMagala]

@@idkwhatnametochoose6197 Except you won’t learn CRT in a public setting unless you’re going into college. That’s what people should be worried about if states start banning.

[@EfrainMan]

I hate that I didn't hear about this until recently, in my 40s.

[@balticbvll2987]

why u saying now i understand pence?

[@OneLostTexan]

I am confused what are you agreeing with Pence on?

[@ImagineHeroism]

I remember studying about this in middle and high school. I went to school near Greenwood.

[@Erik-ou3tl]

@@SarkisZaroukian invented? as in, made up? you got any sources for that?

[@CarOfTheWeekNStuff]

Same here, and I've lived in Oklahoma my entire life thusfar. This massacre needs so much more attention. Thank you, Extra Credits, for helping out and doing your part.

[@ploppman7524]

Who the hell can think they're in the right when firing a gatling gun into a freaking *church?!*

[@calvinscarvings.66]

Exactly

[@Bloodlyshiva]

Where did they even GET a Gatling Gun?

[@SignalRaptor_]

@@Bloodlyshiva World War 1 vets

[@JohnSmith-ex9mv]

Catholics are down with that.

[@Kioley123]

@@JohnSmith-ex9mv nice bait lmao try harder

[@Afish8me2china]

My history teacher in middle school told us a story about a week back when he taught high school. He got very little sleep working on a 4 day long lecture on the horrors of racism in the segregation era. People left his class wide-eyed and heads down. He then assigned them an assignment, “What led America to this?” The minimum amount of words was 3 pages. Everyone wrote a minimum of 5. The most one student wrote was 22 pages.

[@bleachguy64]

Give me five guesses and I can guarantee you. I can figure out your teachers last name

[@Pekoe.]

@@bleachguy64cap

[@venod3134]

​@bleachguy64 this history hurts. But why you?

[@charliefarmer4365]

Your teacher sounds like a legend.

[@geckoo9190]

I think that he got insomnia rather than doing a crunch,

[@harrisonlee9585]

Extra History now officially teaches this subject to a more in depth level than the American public school system.

[@KingofAwesomness14]

yea, cause if they actually taught genuine history more questions would be brought up.

[@SERGIO_MOHEDANO]

Chris Simmons wdym??

[@williehardiman6766]

I took AP US history and we didn't even touch on this in passing.

[@SappieLive]

Because the american school system is a perfect example of a good school system...

[@ironfromicey8700]

People in the USA should get different history lessons in general, more about the romans, the other sides of the war, tribal warfaire, the rise and fall of golden ages, spice trade. Not just name all the presidents lol.

[@jonahroberson1158]

I'm so glad you covered this. I'm an Oklahoman, and I lived in Tulsa for a short time as a very young child. Even here in Oklahoma, many people have never heard of the Tulsa riot. When it's brought up, I sometimes hear other white people say, "Why are we still talking about this? I don't see how it's relevant anymore." The reality that they don't realize is that many black Oklahomans lost everything they had in the riot if not their lives. A thriving black community was thrown into poverty, and many people were never able to rise back up out of that poverty. Black widows had to attempt to provide for children when very few jobs were open to women and to black people. Business owners likely lacking the capital to rebuild had to take the low-paying jobs available to black Americans at the time. This fall into poverty at the hands of white Oklahomans left many black families impoverished for generations if not to this day. White Oklahomans don't realize that when they say, "I don't see how it's relevant anymore," there may be a child, grandchild, or great grandchild of the people who lost their homes and businesses in the riots, who may still be trapped in poverty by the repercussions of the riots.

[@sammiesump501]

I live in Oklahoma as well. I remember my class read a novel on this subject. I didn’t know it was so chaotic.

[@electricv564]

@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut Im pretty sure not all of the deep south is racist, only some of it. Also, while liberals are even more racist sometimes.

[@ilovetolovemylove]

@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut it's not like people aren't racist outside of the deep south of the US. If you think Canada is a haven against racism you really need to do more reading.

[@macedindu829]

That's because it's a hoax.

[@zeldatime840]

@@ilovetolovemylove what happened in Canada?

[@ChefAndyLunique]

As a black man well acquainted with this story and many others, it takes a high amount of emotional strength to get through this video without wanting to tear up. Thank you for taking the time to educate more viewers in this amazing community.

[@Edamori]

I broke down in tears the moment they described setting up a machine gun to fire on a church. This story is incredibly rough to hear, but it's one that needs to be heard.

[@sabertheodst]

Andy Lunique this entire event was brutal, it’s more then a shame that so many lives were lost because America couldn’t reign in and bring in those who would have this kind of malicious intent, all lives matter at the end of the day and knowing that these monsters were able to get away scot free and sleep soundly at night knowing that they’ve hurt and murdered hundreds is sickening

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

Its so... revolting man. What's wrong with people....

[@NemeNoms]

I'm from Wisconsin. There's many thing's I've never been taught in our country but this almost made me throw up.. What the hell???Q_Q

[@stephenbaker9645]

This is history that can not be forgotten. On a personal note, I believe whitewashing history is a form of racism itself. This is why history must be taught in an honest matter, so humanity can own to our mistakes and learn from them. The times may have changed but the song will always remain the same.

[@crythunder6267]

"The police chief was relieved of duty, but not charged" What a damn surprise

[@megaynium]

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

The more things change.....

[@CepheusTalks]

the only thing we can learn from history is that humans are too stupid to learn from history and will continue to repeat history every damn time

[@josephprendamano3178]

If by "humans", you mean "all politicians and everyone manipulated by them" then yes.

[@sleeexs]

@@CepheusTalks humans?

[@tomcurl8034]

People should be able to enjoy the fruits of their own labor without jealous neighbors trying to screw them over

[@mikehawk9773]

Amen

[@Allen667sjja]

Ya’ll say that then come and try and burn down our target or some bs lol

[@jackripley3906]

@@Allen667sjja Nice baseless assumptions there, bucko

[@kingnostalgia7911]

@@Allen667sjja who's y'all?

[@jorgiganteng7094]

@@Allen667sjja Ah yes, "Ya'll" must've been southern whites

[@gangiskhan6948]

We should learn about all parts of history: the good the bad the ugly.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Indeed, just like papa Sergio Leone intended!

[@SappieLive]

And there's a lot of bad and ugly

[@tigeriussvarne177]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

[@kylesmith3184]

Is the ending music from the mongol series?

[@gangiskhan6948]

sappie but a lot of good

[@karljonasson8429]

Definitely bringing this up at school. You are right. These kinds of things need to be taught.

[@Dyneamaeus]

Good luck. While I agree, it's not the type of topic everyone can be trusted to discuss objectively.

[@tf2keller398]

I’ve only heard of this before, since I live in Oklahoma and learned Oklahoma History. This, as well as other obscure yet major events, like the Battle of Blair Mountain, should be taught about more.

[@theresahall1591]

Yeah history has whitewashed as much as possible.

[@penguin4863]

Im quite upset at the fact that this wasn't widely taught. I took ap history and we covered this for two days in class but seeing how many people didn't know this happened astounded me.

[@ramadhaniiqra6785]

Good Luck..

[@francesco8000]

The real "erasing history" is not demolishing a couple of statue, is the fact that many americans don't even know about this kind of events or the fact that people see organization like black panther just as a bunch of revolutionaries. The worst offender is still how many people say that the civil war wasn't about slavery and instead argue about generic "state rights" without mentioning which state right they are talking (spoiler alert, is slavery legislation).

[@ModjoConCarne]

@John Coletti Read the declarations of secession... Mississippi is a "good" one ... "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world."

[@soulstealer5625]

John Coletti the states weren’t subtle in their language; slavery was the key issue.

[@NicholasMarshall]

​@John Coletti Racism was at the heart as to why the South seceded. Up until the Civil War, Southern presidents and lawmakers had dominated the federal government. Once popular opinion turned against them, those Southern Leaders abandoned the Union.

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@John Coletti Read the Confederate constitution, and most secession declarations, slavery was front and center in nearly all of them.

[@VikingLord101]

Slavery is definitely the cause of the civil war and Francesco I agree with u everyone stay safe and stay educated

[@randomlynamed3353]

"Ok I got the plane level over them. Throw the dynamite at that doctor's house." 'Hans, are we the baddies?'

[@johntomblin]

"What? Of course not. Now signal for them to start firing on the church."

[@501ststormtrooper9]

*”FIAH!”*

[@indiecomics]

Mitchell and Webb

[@olewyrdd]

nice "Mitchell and Webb" reference.

[@joshuahmitchell873]

Get ze Flammenverfer!! For ze ozer church of course...

[@marcopohl4875]

german history: we can not allow ourselves to forget our past mistakes lest we repeat them US history: let's just focus on the cowboys, 'kay?

[@adjsmith]

US History in a nutshell (public school edition): Pilgrims -> Founding Fathers -> Civil War -> Cowboys -> WWII -> USA! USA! USA!

[@Sure_You_Betcha]

@@adjsmith Thank you Woodrow Wilson.

[@OlliOtter]

US: *Let’s still be fucking racist*

[@erikjj235]

40% of German school children never heard of auschwitz...

[@EE-yx4xp]

@@adjsmith you forgot about 1812. Edit: Mexican-American war and the Spanish American war.

[@celdur4635]

You cannot heal a wound that you refuse to acknowledge.

[@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

I mean... that sounds cool, but isn't that... factually wrong? You can totally heal a wound you refuse to acknowledge, your body has functions for that. How about: "You can't help the drowning, if you don't believe in water."?

[@Ashley-rs3gz]

C, I don’t think they were talking about actual wounds.

[@patricktsao9630]

As was said about this very topic in the new Watchmen: "Wounds need air."

[@Cagon415]

@@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel a wound requires attention before it can be left to heal. An open wound is actually quite dangerous

[@livethefuture2492]

people in Germany are taught about nazism to ensure that such ideologies can never arise again. same should be done in America, and every country. history should be taught without any alterations, without glorifying the past and with every crime committed by all sides. by acknowledging the mistakes of the past only then can we ensure we dont repeat them in the future. -also as a sidenote, i sincerely hope youtube stops demonetizing history videos and historical symbols.

[@Chikinbokbok]

Y'all should make a series about bleeding kansas

[@jensfingerhat5078]

Pls do that

[@devonstamback1119]

As a Kansan I agree

[@claymore484]

BadQualityPidgeonProductions as also a person from Kansas yes

[@thebravebobo5116]

Pls

[@slithra227]

The way they teach this in American schools is a fucking travesty

[@mawinswag]

Props to the extra history team, not a lot of people have the guts to talk about what happened in Tulsa

[@juanthebravo]

I agree

[@rottenpotatoes6497]

Except watchmen Still, I agree

[@mawinswag]

@@rottenpotatoes6497 Oh believe me Watchmen is a huge step in the right direction

[@syzygy_fan]

@@rottenpotatoes6497 even though Tulsa isn't like it's portrayed in the modern setting of Watchmen. There's practically no farmland in Tulsa anymore. That's the rest of the state except OKC

[@beef-jerky]

As much as I would like to learn about Tulsa, I'll go do my own research, and not donate to the NAACP

[@johndanielson3777]

I took AP US History in high school and we never even talked about this event.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

What did it cover then? There are probably so many violent clashes like this one in American history that you couldn't possibly cover them all.

[@JordanWilliams-ix2td]

@@takatamiyagawa5688 you literally have an entire class that you must take & pass in order to graduate highschool in America, "American History". There's absolutely no way you could miss teaching this. But the holocaust is tho

[@EgnachHelton]

I think it's covered in the book.

[@Spirit_Of_David]

They don’t want you to know about this

[@childeryeeter4202]

@@takatamiyagawa5688 we learn about Roman pillar designs. I think Tulsa is important

[@nathanseper8738]

This is basically an American version of Kristallnacht. If German kids should learn about Nazism, American kids should learn about stuff like this.

[@nintendopigeon8136]

what aboutr the internment camps

[@terminalius]

Nintendo Pigeon Learn both then

[@humpbacksquarepants5580]

@ALSO-RAN ! Wtf

[@humpbacksquarepants5580]

@ALSO-RAN ! Well we can see the impact today when tons of people are referring to the Tulsa riots.

[@polarhack222]

@@nintendopigeon8136 I learned about them for a day but they just said they were Internment camps for spies, even thouhg they were concentration camps, which I told my teacher because I'm a history nerd.

[@tjoconnell2524]

This is truly sad and heartbreaking. All those years of work, blood, sweat and tears ended in a blink of an eye. May those who have died find piece in a better place.

[@Darasilverdragon]

*peace

[@tjoconnell2524]

Darasilverdragon whoops.

[@JakeKoenig]

This is also a completely fictional version of this incident. But you'll never do any research on it, so you'll believe it all, won't you?

[@thomaswynn4082]

I'm black but I literally didn't even know juneteenth was a thing until this year

[@simplegamer1775]

same

[@BoqPrecision]

By the time you're 40 you'll think it's been celebrated forever...

[@cmasterson]

I knew since 6, my father was strict. He made us celebrate Kwanza and learn Swahili.

[@SandvichTrolli48]

That's what the system wants, to keep the people ignorant about the past

[@789FredBe]

How is that possible?

[@sculptureofsound2]

as a black woman, I'm so fortunate that my parents told us all about this. didn't hear a peep about it all throughout my time in public school, tho

[@mandisaw]

I heard about it from family and school, but I'm old enough that my teachers all grew up during the civil rights era (black, white, Jewish, Latino, and Asian) - and I went to top-tier schools. Nowadays you have kids taught by people who are themselves ignorant of modern/postwar history. It only takes two generations for history to become faded memory.

[@theresahall1591]

History has been whitewashed as much as possible.

[@theresahall1591]

@rob dabank not idiots just not well informed as they should be.

[@Garuvul]

Tulsan, here. Before I even push play, I want to thank you so much for making this and bringing more visibility to this. I see at least one other Oklahoman who is just hearing of this. The footage and pictures I've seen of the Greenwood district before it was razed were absolutely beautiful. The amount of injustice is absolutely staggering. I count myself blessed to have studied this in home school. Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it, and now more of us know this part of history that should never have happened, and must never happen again. Thank you for making this.

[@Kelnor277]

I remember seeing this scene in “The Watchmen” series and thinking “Wow they’re really going heavy on alternate history One google search later....

[@kubikkuratko188]

Yeah that was me exactly i was like common what do you think of us but then i was like maybe they right

[@MissJocelynne]

And the unfortunate thing was that Oklahoma wasn't the only place where this happened. Similar cases happened in Rosewood and North Carolina; A retaliation for bettering oneself. A vengeful surge no better than a mad rampage.

[@antonios4681]

@@MissJocelynne there were 42 instances of this in the summer of 1919 alone

[@stevenn1940]

This is entirely new to me.. and if you told me this was alternate history, I would have believed you. I guess a major lesson here is to never doubt people's capacity for hatred and evil.

[@markwhite8332]

Stated by blks finished by whts

[@TeriasModFaldom]

I'm 20 I've lived in oklahoma my entire life, it disgusts me that this is the first I'm hearing of this.

[@acediadekay3793]

Watch the opening scene of Watchmen on HBO, it's a very authentic depiction of this event.

[@leafpratt]

I'm 19 and in OK and I have

[@alexis_electronic]

The US gov't is the worlds's largest terror org

[@ms_scribbles]

The information is suppressed.

[@OlliOtter]

That’s the American education system for ya

[@tigeriussvarne177]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

[@baddestsubset2838]

Exactly why we don't wanna erase our history

[@boyscouts83712]

Amen bro!

[@this_is_patrick]

@@baddestsubset2838 Yet somehow this one was, and I don't see any effort from the people or the government to retell these stories.

[@voxlknight2155]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar id hate to say slippery slope, but slippery slope. Im not even an american but tearing down statues isnt helping anyone. And its not just confederate statues that are being torn down, a statue of Ulysses S. Grant was also destroyed... A dude who was literally one of the Union generals and later presidant.

[@coolthief8375]

EmperorJuliusCaesar Have you heard of civilization...you know voting for/against statues? Mob rule is barbaric.

[@tehlawlmiester100]

I have never heard this story before. I went through the South's school system, they wouldn't breathe a word of this to anyone in school. I feel kinda disgusted and sad now. But you're right that this is necessary history, I think every american should be required to learn about this.

[@electricv564]

the south wants to forget about it.

[@JakeKoenig]

Well they made up this story fairly recently, so that's why you weren't taught it in school. Ther are almost zero facts in this video.

[@kunknown2340]

​@@JakeKoenignah they taught this back when i was in middle school almost two decades ago. This isn't fake or recent news.

[@bluefoxthecutest2628]

We learn about the holocaust for years in a row but speed through the most fucked up parts of history IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

[@yoyu1001]

not surprised tho the american education system is fucked

[@buckyhermit]

Well done. I'd like to suggest an episode about Asian American violence as well, eg. the murder of Vincent Chin. That seems to be equally ignored by schools.

[@em5522]

Yes, please!

[@buckyhermit]

Jacob I live in BC and I can’t say it’s much better here sometimes, in terms of ignorance. It’s just less intentional here.

[@The_Smiurgh]

@Jacob true

[@aaronpuckett2062]

@Jacob :(

[@ishanpednekar6576]

@Teal Teal why isn't everyone treated the same without caring for the person's origins. Why not set the same bar for all?

[@Dumebi2]

This is an infuriating piece of history

[@scottanno8861]

Good times, goooood times 😌

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

You don't live in those times. The work has become better now.

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

Scott Anno What exactly do you mean?

[@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993]

All the more reason to remember.

[@grenien4109]

@@scottanno8861 Yeah, what do you mean?

[@MegaGangsta4life]

I learned this from the show Watchmen before I ever learned in school Matter of fact. I NEVER learned this in school

[@PeachyBeins]

It's crazy how a superhero show made 99 years later is the first place most ppl will learn about this

[@OrbusS]

School is meant to make you a functional citizen in society.

[@sharilshahed6106]

@I May Have Miscalculated - point being, they are "supposed to" be for learning and understanding. Instead they mostly teach whatever society should accept from you.

[@blackday1013]

So that's why there was such a stink about Trump's Tulsa rally. I can't believe I've never heard of this before.

[@grimsong2237]

What will really bake your noodle is it is also the first air bombing to actively kill American citizens on American soil as well.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

I was surprised people seemed to complain more about the date of the rally (Juneteenth) than the location (Tulsa, site of a massacre of black people).

[@seeing8spots]

Yes his rally was right at the anniversary of this massacre as well and in the middle of BLM protests. Overall not at all tactful or tasteful.

[@ryan130210]

@@nathanmorgan3647 ...

[@ryan130210]

@@looweegee252 did I say anything?

[@coletonanthony9588]

One of my teachers actually took a couple days to do nothing but talk about this. Oklahoma is amazing and I wouldn't want to live many other places, but I still acknowledge that terrible things have happened just 30 minutes from me

[@Udai_taxim]

"Oklahoma is amazing" you lost me there

[@charliefarmer4365]

Your teacher sounds wonderful.

[@anadaere6861]

Imagine being so racists and scummy you decided to level your own teammate Honestly mobs like this should be punished properly There's no reason why a single man killing another is punished while a mob killing dozens gets no punishment

[@bananian]

Compensation at the very least.

[@Soletestament]

Vlad Tepes has entered the Chat.

[@MisterUser_Name]

I agree, even the recent “BLM” riots were out of control, people beaten on the streets and stores robbed while they use the death of a man as means to make themselves look morally correct

[@limesandlemons1367]

@@MisterUser_Name You mean the less than 3% the media tried to paint as 99%?

[@WeirdMagnus]

People who play a part in riots that result in injuries and property damage tend to rarely get punished due to how hard it is to punish everyone in them

[@DragoniteSpam]

I really hope this video takes off and reaches an audience beyond the usual EC / EH sphere. 7:24 this is what REAL "erasing history" looks like =/

[@kiddhkane]

Is that where BLM takes it's ideas from?

[@erraticonteuse]

The cover-up was so awful, before the newspaper sent their archives to be microfilmed, they *censored their own inflammatory headlines* 😡

[@yj9032]

The government and people like Ben Shapiro and TPUSA will make sure that this story is suppressed.

[@localengie3943]

@@yj9032 anything that could be used against Oklahoma should never be suppressed

[@Sure_You_Betcha]

@@yj9032 The government MIGHT die to Woodrow Wilson setting a precedent of only teaching certain history. But Ben Shapiro? No...

[@derektran6396]

"Those who do not know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them" - George Santayana

[@Baccanaso]

Those who know are also doomed to repeat them

[@seradginasuioloer8727]

@@Baccanaso , only if they let themselves

[@hagamablabla]

Thank you very much for making this.

[@aidanraposa5814]

💪💪🏻💪🏽💪🏿

[@Raveler1]

As a resident of Tulsa, I very much appreciate this. We're less than a year away from the 100th anniversary of this massacre - and it is a story that needs to be told. If you ever have a chance to visit Tulsa, the Greenwood District has an excellent museum, with pictures, newspaper stories, and collected history of the events of that day. Something you failed to mention in the video that I find terrible and interesting is that this marks the first time that airplanes were used in combat over US soil, dropping the dynamite and firebombs on their own people.

[@thegamelabgaming7556]

This story brought me to tears, it’s crazy that humans could do this to other humans

[@summerbreeze9576]

Same.

[@themammoth9051]

Humans, among nature’s many creatures, are the only ones besides meerkats capable of such extraordinary violence against eachother for the most arbitrary of reasons.

[@kacpero02]

@@themammoth9051 being capable of abstract thought has its ups and downs

[@bsmc1311]

Nothing kills a person faster than another person

[@stephenwright8824]

@@kacpero02 "A thinking man is a depraved animal." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[@natilie772]

I've learned more about american history then in school

[@johnphillips7444]

And you should. You wernt meant to lean all of American history in school. You learn very little in school. It was just enough to get you started.

[@thinkingnomad]

"than". Now you can learn English spelling through KZbin too! :)

[@heptolisk]

It would be nice if you had listened in English class too..

[@Wolf-kf3qf]

I like the different views that they give us unlike in school

[@anjetto1]

That's by design, they dont want you to know your history. If you did, you'd be pissed and demand change

[@samuelmelcher]

I’m glad this channel is highlighting some of the lesser known but incredibly important parts of American history

[@NicoPanasiuk]

I learned this in school, but I went to a private Christian school :/ I can’t believe this isn’t well know in other schools

[@David-dz1cb]

Impressed you learned this in a Christian school, mine did not remotely teach this. Wish they did! College taught me this one.

[@ImagineHeroism]

I grew up in Tulsa. My school near Greenwood taught this, but there were schools here that didn’t.

[@wendychavez5348]

I went to a private Christian school. I don't remember learning about this, though to be fair I've forgotten more than I ever learned--literally!--due to a traumatic brain injury at age 15. I'm grateful to be learning these things now, while I still have the energy to do anything to remedy the situation.

[@alalalala57]

@@wendychavez5348 That's terrible. I hope you'll get the necessary treatment.

[@wendychavez5348]

@@alalalala57 thank you. I have been getting great treatment for over 30 years now, and learning new things all the time.

[@chman2]

I live in tulsa. I'm not religious or superstitious, but when I walk around greenwood I can still feel the ghosts of the people who died there. Thank you for helping spread the word about this event to more people.

[@psir3]

Thanks!

[@extrahistory]

No, Thank you so much for supporting the show Kevin! ❤

[@johnhurley8918]

When I first heard about this RECENTLY, I felt betrayed snd even a bit violated that we were never taught this in school. We're made to believe in American exceptionalism and to think that our nation is a cut above the rest. This feels like when your parent lies about their past so you won't think less of them. WE DESERVE TO KNOW.

[@chrisford1651]

I mean it's not like it's a secret

[@chrisprizzle278]

Yeah its not really a secret and while this event is horrible and shouldn't have happened there's so much to teach colonial America, War for independence, civil war, world war 1, great depression, womens suffrage, world war 2, civil rights movement, cold war, you really think they have time to teach an event that while tragic didn't really change anything oh and what I mentioned isn't even all major events just the ones I have been taught and know to a small degree

[@LeolaGlamour]

chris Prizzle Yeah keep justifying systematic racism

[@LeolaGlamour]

Chris Ford It’s crazy how you want to dismiss this to make yourself feel better

[@TheKingofRome1]

Awesome job guys stuff like this needs to be known since its basically not taught anywhere

[@youronlyfriend933]

@F B I What about him

[@jetthusty8351]

I’m really proud of you guys exploring the darker side of US history, it’s about time people know what went down in Tulsa.

[@nathanmorgan3647]

Too bad they left the instigation of the event out.

[@bananian]

They didn't...

[@carterhanson6744]

It’s outrageous that I was never taught about this at any point in school. I’m a massive history buff, and I almost majored in history in college, and yet I hadn’t heard about Tulsa until the BLM protests last year. I blame myself, my education, and my country for my ignorance. These are the stories that we have to know, we have to teach, and we can never let us forget-they have to determine the way we look at our nation’s identity and our political decision-making as we strive to fulfill the promises of freedom and equality.

[@TheSundayShooter]

Unfortunately, the media continues to fuel race riots to this very day

[@jrad410]

I’ll always wonder what happened in that elevator. Rowland must’ve been scared beyond belief and doesn’t sound like Page ever intended for all this to go down. But we’ll never know, just a tragic story

[@yungspace6998]

Imagine what the world would look like if people put that energy into something good instead of hatred

[@totalynotcatherine]

I want to live in that world.

[@SkyboxMonster]

The video answers the question. You would have "Anywhere Wall street" built from one's own hard labor.

[@BlazingCorpse420]

Maybe people would actually be more human, which entails having empathy. The value of a human's life has been corrupted by the worthless dollar, however.

[@AtlasNovack]

I knew this had to come eventually from you guys. Good on ya.

[@shawnheatherly]

I feel like I should have learned this in school.

[@cmarley314]

Middle school, I can see. High school... Well, have you heard of any of these: Articles of Confederation, Seneca Falls Convention, Trail of Tears, Chinese Exclusion Act, Dred Scott case, the Pacific theather of WW2, or robber barons? There's a lot of US history people don't know exist, sadly...

[@chrisdriver7776]

The Democrats were the KKK and the Confederacy.... And the Democrats control Teachers' Unions... They have no interest in teaching this.

[@BullGamer9]

Shawn this was mostly a oklahoma thing I'm not saying that other people from other states should have learned this but it's important for us oklahomans to learn what happened almost 100 years ago but hopefully they can spread what happened to other public schools in other states Take care everyone

[@roradu5334]

you know why you wont learn this in school , because people would find out that the dems started the kkk

[@MorganDade]

The people who complain about taking down statues that are monuments to generals who fought to preserve slavery claim that we must protect our history, yet they would complain about THIS being taught and written in our text books.

[@VerboseVR18]

I live and Oklahoma and my mom grew up in bixby and neither of us every learned about this in school and had found out about it in other ways. Just because this is something that neither me, my mom, our state or anyone is proud of we still need to teach this to raise awareness and keep people from doing this again. Thank you for covering this topic

[@_________.]

Most of this video is fabricated. That’s probably why.

[@sizedoesntmeaneverything4157]

@@_________. crazy, from half to most of the video is fabricated now? Please explain.

[@cmasterson]

You guys don’t know how much I appreciate you shining a light on this. I was taught this and other events by my parents, so while in school I knew about the history they did not say. I have learned more history outside of school than in school.

[@cyancat5451]

You should do another one of these about CONTELPRO and its targeted attacks against the civil rights movement

[@dynamicworlds1]

YES!

[@SarkisZaroukian]

COINTELPRO doesn't fit the narrative because they went after the Klan too

[@dasaunmcclinton68]

Sarkis Zaroukian The narrative of telling the truth?

[@BoqPrecision]

Then do one on how KZbin is also another government psyop.

[@BoqPrecision]

@@SarkisZaroukian you're Armenian and outraged about narrative peddling, when all your people do is peddle a fake genocide.

[@Weibaolien]

FINALLY!!! YEESSSSSSSS!! I've been waiting for this topic. MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!

[@brendankearney3929]

There's a video, circulating in the wake of the riots, that as an Irishman I can wholeheartedly understand: "White Americans should be glad black people want equality, and not revenge"

[@АнтоновАн-225Мрія]

Tread carefully Irishman. Revenge is not a one way street...

[@Riddiep23]

@@АнтоновАн-225Мрія yea it sorta is. And eye for a eye right.

[@josh_final]

Brendan Kearney In any place in thr world that's a horrible mindset. It never solves anything and just makes it worse. The peaceful protests and success of the Civil rights movement and those of today show that peace and reaching out is always the answer to the hate of the past.

[@michaeljorfi3552]

Revenge for what?

[@matthewkudray4840]

McSmoke 28 an eye for an eye only makes the world blind

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

This is approaching ridiculous levels of racism. When the planes arrived, it was officially in the Bond villain territory of evilness.

[@danielduvernay3207]

I love how you don’t draw the past as bland and uninteresting, but as just as same as the present.

[@crassustheelder9665]

As a Tulsan, I can say that I passed that church and the hill everyday and walked the grounds of the University that sits on the ruins of Greenwood. Sometimes I would stop and shudder a little, but luckily our wounds have enabled us to know the price of racially motivated bloodshed.

[@deepanshchaudhary5094]

Amen 🙏

[@stiffykitsune8233]

Hi local Oklahoman who lives in tulsa. The green wood or locally called tulsa race riots is stain in Oklahoma that is teached here. I remember hearing there be more reopening case during the anniversary of incident. Green wood is still around two and still has a strong African American community and monument of what happened. I like to believe everyone here in the OK has learned a lesson from these tragic event. Thank you so much for bringing these up.

[@moox100]

yeah I definitely wouldn't say the greenwood district was completely wiped from the map, but the race massacre is definitely a stain on tulsa's history that we are slowly working to atone for, I think recently there was legislation to compensate some of the victims of the massacre too

[@chaosXP3RT]

Apparently they don't teach English in Oklahoma 😂 "teached here"

[@redpanda7914]

The schools in my area wasted money on clocks,this channel teaches me more than any of my classes

[@Loy_Otterton]

I was born and raised an hour from Tulsa my entire life and I only learn about this event in any detail from videos like this.

[@_________.]

That’s because videos like this fabricated Half of it

[@interpretus]

@@_________. what half did they fabricate if i may ask?

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

@@interpretus because he said so

[@betsyvega7227]

This made me feel so sick. What's worse is that even now we have the country waging war on people that just want what was promised and what was earned.

[@coolkid7151]

What do you mean? You are delusional.

[@chrisford1651]

What do you mean even worse so much more businesses we're getting destroyed

[@JhoRPG]

I feel angry and frustrated for the African-Americans of this distressing story

[@brooklynyangoue8806]

As black British I feel the same thing

[@stopmotionpanda4434]

Never been this quick

[@iaintmichaeljackson9587]

Yeah

[@amuthanboopathy5323]

Same

[@aohige]

The fact that over a thousand racists came to down vote this video shows you the state of our nation today. We still have a lot more work to do.

[@ChesireWaltz]

Beautifully done episode. It just really burns when people try to say this stuff is so far in the past. Survivors of this attack are actually trying to sue right now. And I'm the daughter of someone that was a share cropper as a child. And here's a hint about my age; I've only recently been old enough to rent a car. I would hear all these stories about my mom and aunts working on a farm, but was always confused when I asked if we owned it and she would say no. Then I learned what sharecropping was and after talking to my grandma I realized that's what happened. This denial of the ability to build generational wealth is so very very recent, and still occurs in other forms today.

[@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993]

I know this about 100 years ago today, but it's insane that people would launch an entire war on a small neighborhood.

[@herusolares5320]

If you are a US citizen: have you looked outside lately? Is it truly that hard to imagine?

I know right? Why would we ever let this happen again... CHAZ.

[@zealousdoggo]

Yeaaaa super insane not like this kinda stuff happens today *wink wink hint hint* In conclusion: humanity sucks

[@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993]

@@herusolares5320 I am a US citizen, and yes even to what's happening now there aren't entire neighborhoods being leveled by flying dynamite bombers. It's most certainly bad but this is whole different level. And no I don't mean damaged like CHAZ or few people dying like what the police did, this video is talking about a bunch of people and cops gathering together, getting military equipment and going to war and turning many buildings to ash. People need to put things into perspective.

[@PowellRichard01]

I'll be forever grateful for the work this channel does.

[@tigerstorm3477]

I learned this recently in school (8th grade) and the one thing that always baffled me was why the U.S. used its own air force on its own citizens

[@luchs2907]

I think that was Blair mountain. But either way, yes it’s horrid

[@stephenwright8824]

Freedom Summer. 1957 I believe. The KKK organised a group of planes they called the Klan Air Force or KAF. Something else you were never taught in school.

[@rashkavar]

Good to hear you're learning about it in school. A lot of us older folks are only hearing about it in the last few months.

[@mme.veronica735]

... Just look at America now, has it really changed too much?

[@kerentan9446]

you learned this in school? i just came out of 8th grade and never learned this!

[@aikxn]

Really impressed by this video especially the last minute and a half✊🏾

[@GeraltTheRiv1175]

Finally someone made this! Good on ya EC!

[@ianaldridge7136]

Guess who lives in Tulsa and didn't hear about this until college? Thank you for bringing this to light to so many people and continuing the spread of knowledge.

[@goonerbear8659]

This right here is the story I've been looking for to illustrate to my grandfather why hard work alone isn't enough. For every one black American who pulls himself up by his bootstraps, gets to work, and lives the American Dream (TM), there are a thousand who pull themselves up by their bootstraps, get to work, and have barely a living wage to show for it.

[@electricv564]

hard work takes generations to pull you into the upper class. It may be harder for African Americans, but it is still possible. This is a bad mentality to have, and it will lead to the mindset "No matter what I do, I will still fail. Why even bother?"

[@dkeelin]

extra credits has all my respect. Great content spanning years and this video plus the donation to the naacp is just wonderful.

[@yukis-moonbeams]

So, I live around an hour from Tulsa, and at least around here, this is one of the things that every history teacher covers.

[@thestranger252]

To be honest I expected that people in America would have weapons casually stacked at home, but planes to be used as bombers is some next level sh*t.

[@bananian]

I don't even know how they justify that. Oh I feared for my life! So I bombed their neighborhood and shot up their churches! 🤦‍♂️😡

[@samuraipanda85]

I was in shock when I first heard of this. I can't even remember where I heard of the Tulsa massacre. A museum or someplace. Thank you Extra Credits for making this story widely available on KZbin.

[@samuelhaley6114]

Wow I live in Oklahoma and we spend a whole year in Oklahoma history and we never talk about this.

[@chriscoulter658]

My Oklahoma history class didn't have it in the book ether. I only knew about it because my teacher went on a rant about the fact it wasn't in the book.

[@ClintEPereira]

@@chriscoulter658 good teacher

[@niaomi6]

I’m an Oklahoman and we been taught about this event since 7th grade but what I don’t understand is why teaching stuff like this isn’t universal across the country...

[@chrise.321]

@@nathanmorgan3647 really?!? Like learning the lakes and rivers in OK was SOOOO important!!!???!!!

[@Quinntus79]

@@chrise.321 Establishing the setting is an important part of any story. Geography is effectively establishing the setting of history.

[@vandenboer1]

A similar situation is here in Belgium, where people are not taught all of the action King Leopold II did in the Congo, and now people are even vandalising his statues and opting to remove them because of racism. Maybe an idea for a future series to produce.

[@kaanerdem2822]

And belgium still didnt pardoned for what they did in past in congo (then zaire) nor paid any preperations. Worser then that when congolese people voted for independence from belgium belgian army did strip down, hijack any electricity and water suply facility the day after votes where counted. Many more to add but lacks further evidences and references

[@2011killjoy]

I’ve never even heard of this story until I saw this video, thank you so much for your hard work and effort put into this series.

[@snbks4ever]

I remember reading about this a month ago, now I'm 36 and and this was NEVER mentioned in any school whether middle/high school or college. Just sickening but thank you to your wonderful channel for opening the eyes. Almost scary that this happened 100 years ago from the current state of affairs

[@reno-robertoboxing6278]

One of my favorite channels actually produced this out of nowhere! I’m usually here for the Punic wars and ancient battles of Rome. Was not expecting this. This is good.

[@maarchalk2840]

I probably won't be the only one here to say: I can't believe I never heard about this. But this makes me so sad because these were just hardworking people. However it would have inevitably happened because if a small accident like this could set it off. It would not have taken long for another tiny incident to take place.

[@tesso.6193]

systematic racism in action

[@feildpres]

Its like an American Kristallnacht! I had no idea this happened! Thank you for informing me.

[@Quinntus79]

I think it should be pointed out, Paige never actually pressed charges against Rolland, yet he was arrested anyway.

[@alexrydin]

Thanks for covering this. I think there are a lot of episodes in American history that many Americans don’t know about. You should do one on Carmelita Torres and the 1917 Bath Riots.

[@PathwaysDesolation14]

So you guys are doing that story. One of America messed up legacy

[@thewingedhussar4188]

We Need to set things right.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@thewingedhussar4188 Not going to bring them back, all we can do is keep it from happening again.

[@a.j.4644]

@Alexandre Brunet Face the music, Canada. -- First Nations

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

It's not like this is the exception. As a european, America's history appears like a litany of... saying one thing and doing another. Slavery, the civil war, interventionism, corporate influence, exploitation, fear, conformity, internment camps, Indian reserves and massacres. It feels like a tragic trail of broken promises.

[@coolkid7151]

Alexandre Brunet Canada is not only just as racist but also a joke of a country

[@jiffyb333]

Gods this is so terribly sad. I wish this has been taught in my school growing up.

[@ChiefKale]

i am 11 i have leared more here than the 5 years i was in school smh

[@zealousdoggo]

I learned more about American history in the UK than I did in the USA smh

[@tugboatsstuff2810]

same

[@ChiefKale]

@@zealousdoggo trust me the uk is so much better at geography and history than america, well most americans not all of them

[@Infamous1892]

You think that's mind Blowing, look up Jordan Peterson.

[@dynamicworlds1]

@@ChiefKale yup, there are Americans who are informed about history, but most of them had to do that learning outside our school system which is usually more concerned with teaching American Mythology than American History. Between the defunding, the racism, the theocrats, and the idological purge durring the red scare, our education system is in ruins.

[@jacobcutter8962]

I was born, raised, and still live in Oklahoma. I did learn about The Night that Tulsa Burned in school. I remember my teacher telling us that they don't like us teaching you about the Tulsa riots, but I think it is important for you to know about this. It still surprises me today (I'm 30) that others still don't know about it.

[@aw4955]

A defining historic moment in America's history. It's blessing that this event has received more recognition.

[@daviddavis4885]

I legit thought this was some kind of dark fiction or something, but one Google search later, I am now stunned.

[@MrRobboski]

Read em and weep....

[@DavidSmith-dl8jc]

FINALLY!!!! Thank you, EC. I've been watching your channel for a while, and I and my boyfriend really enjoy your content, but I've been disappointed in the lack of history specific to American Descendants of Slavery. This is very timely, and we need more. Maybe on the Red Summer, or Robert Smalls, or John Punch, or Sojourner Truth, or the real Harriet Tubman, or W.E.B. DuBois. Thank you, again.

[@joshuawells835]

Wow, it is always amazing how there are stories that are true, so horrific, and so tragic, yet you never hear about them until some event occurs. I am studying history and I have never heard of this until now. Another example is I never heard of Aberfan until the third season of The Crown.

[@kiaylaryann5199]

imagine being a descendant of the ppl who wage this kind of violence and horror. no wonder why they cant allow our history to he taught. how could they live through the guilt

[@FLIPPHONE69]

You wouldn't dare call out the ✡️🤥 for doing this to your people. "Da wYtE pePul!!! MamA I cANt BreATH!!!!! REEUUUU"

[@FLIPPHONE69]

Start advocating for separatism... this will never end. Do everyone a favor and stop associating with whites

[@thenoblepoptart]

I honestly don’t care at all, even though I have definitive evidence my ancestors owned slave plantations. All that matters is that we move forward and create a just and righteous civilization without discrimination based on birth (race, gender, disability, ETC)

[@BLACKDISC]

Great video. I hate that this 9 minute video alone has done more to educate people on this than the public school system.