Tulsey Town Overpass

Historical marker location:

7 E 1st St, Tulsa, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of East 1st Street and South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on East 1st Street.)

Marker installed: 1982

The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history. The massacre, which occurred in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Black residents and the destruction of much of the district.