One of the worst racialized massacres in the country's history takes place when white supremacists in Tulsa, Oklahoma attack and destroy the city's "Black Wall Street," which is the Greenwood neighborhood where Black and Native communities had begun to build up wealth after discovering oil. Greenwood was one of the country's wealthiest Black neighborhoods before the massacre.

The attacks begin after a Black man is accused of assaulting a white woman, and Black militia show up at the jail to prevent him from being lynched. A scuffle outside the jail escalates, and white rioters are "deputized" and handed weapons by members of the city government and the National Guard. Over 35 blocks in Greenwood are set on fire, and almost 300 Black people are killed.