Vernon A.M.E. Church

Historical marker location:

311 N Greenwood Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma

( Marker is on North Greenwood Avenue north of East Cameron Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2018

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.