Black Massacres: A Tribute to Black Wall Street, The Black Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Black American History Edition

BLACK MASSACRES

Written and Organized

by

Maham the Mentor

Published by:

Maham the Mentor Books, LLC

Copyright © 2021MahamtheMentor

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 9798477804108

Tribution

A Tribute to Black Wall Street,

The Tulsa, Oklahoma Massacre.

The 27 Black Massacres in America

After the Civil War began.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Page: i

Chapter One

The First Black Massacre.

New York City 1863.

Page:1

Chapter Two

The Second Black Massacre.

Memphis, TN 1866.

Page:7

Chapter Three

The Third Black Massacre.

New Orleans, LA 1866.

Page:9

Chapter Four

The Fourth Black Massacre.

Camilla, GA 1868.

Page:14

Chapter 5

The Fifth Black Massacre.

Opelousas, LA 1868.

Page:16

Chapter 6

The Sixth Black Massacre.

St. Bernard Parish, LA 1868.

Page:19

Chapter 7

The Seventh Black Massacre.

Colfax, LA 1873.

Page:24

Chapter 8

The Eighth Black Massacre.

Eufaula, Alabama 1874.

Page:26

Chapter 9

The 9th Black Massacre.

Vicksburg, Mississippi 1874.

Page:29

Chapter 10

The 10th Black Massacre.

Clinton, Mississippi 1875.

Page:32

Chapter 11

The 11th Black Massacre.

Thibodaux, LA 1887.

Page:34

Chapter 12

The 12th Black Massacre.

Wilmington, NC. 1898.

Page:37

Chapter 13

The 13th Black Massacre.

Pierce City, MO. 1901.

Page:41

Chapter 14

The 14th Black Massacre.

Atlanta, GA. 1906.

Page:43

Chapter 15

The 15th Black Massacre.

Springfield, IL. 1908.

Page:47

Chapter 16

The 16th Black Massacre.

Slocum, TX. 1910.

Page:55

Chapter 17

The 17th Black Massacre.

Forsyth County, GA. 1912.

Page:60

Chapter 18

The 18th Black Massacre.

East St. Louis, MO. 1917.

Page:65

Chapter 19

The 19th Black Massacre.

Washington, D.C. 1919.

Page:67

Chapter 20

The 20th Black Massacre.

Chicago, IL. 1919.

Page:69

Chapter 21

The 21st Black Massacre.

Elaine, AK. 1919.

Page:172

Chapter 22

The 22nd Black Massacre.

Ocoee, Fl. 1920.

Page:78

Chapter 23

The 23rd Black Massacre.

Tulsa, OK. 1921.

Page:83

Chapter 24

The 24th Black Massacre.

Rosewood, FL. 1923.

Page:86

Chapter 25

The 25th Black Massacre.

Detroit, MI. 1943

Page:88

Chapter 26

The 26th Black Massacre.

Philadelphia, PA. 1985.

Page:90

Chapter 27

The 27th Black Massacre.

Charleston, SC. 2015.

Page:94

Final Words from

Maham the Mentor

Page:96

About the Author

Page:102

Introduction

Maham the Mentor

A Tribute to Black Wall Street, The Tulsa, Oklahoma Massacre. The 27 Black Massacres that happened in America After the Civil War began.

Today's date is May 31st, 2021. The Official 100 years Anniversary of Black Wall Street. The Black Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. There's wisdom and knowledge in the most unfortunate places. We should know our past to appreciate our future. As an Educated Black man in America, I'm aware of the impact and the importance of having the knowledge of our history. Having the knowledge of the History of Black People in America is great for All Races when it is explained right. Which is why I have taken it upon myself to write a series of Books on Black American History. As a strong Black Man. I can honestly say, I love this country and I appreciate this country. My country is my extended family. Our America School systems have failed us on Black History. Less than 10% of class time is devoted to Black History. Only 8% of Seniors can identify slavery as a main cause of the Civil War. Each State must decide on what the students will learn. Seven of our States don't even mention Slavery in their History lessons (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island.) Eight of our States don't mention the Civil Rights movement. (Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Missouri, Rhode Island, and Maine) Only two States Mention White Supremacy. (Massachusetts and Maryland). There are no National Standards for Black History. No plans for one. But in 2021, in America. We are passing Laws to limit Critical Race Theories for fear of people condemning white people. Because how we tell Black People, Black History is extremely important, especially when so many lies and stereotypes running rampant. We must remember our past to truly appreciate our future. As Black people, our History in America has kind of been whitewashed, which led many to believe that Black people had no value and played no real role in building America. So much Black American History is missing from America History, it devalues the many Black people who sacrifice their lives for our freedom. No Love or Respect for those people. As today marks, The 100 Year Anniversary of Black Wall Street. Many young Black Americans are totally oblivious to the realization that the Black Wall Street is just One in 27 Black Massacres that has happened after the Civil War began. The Black Wall Street is one of the last Black Massacres that occurred in America. It’s just 100 years old today. The time is now. I feel it's my responsibility to educate all Human beings about Black American History, especially my young Black Men and women.

I plan to continue to produce more books in line with this one. Black American History is so Rich. There's so much to learn and so much to teach. Where to begin and where to end. Since, there's no right or wrong answers. I'm starting off with Black Massacres in America, after the Civil War began. Because before that; it was basically legal. So, no one was really documenting those events. The 1921 Black Massacres of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Better known as Black Wall Street was one of the last Black Massacres in America's History. Sadly, to say. Most of Americans don't know this fact. Going through these horrific events that happened here in the Land of the free and the home of the brave. I hope to enlighten us all about the real adversity Black people went through for us all to have the opportunity to have a Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Property or the pursuit of happiness. Without Black people, there would be no America. I know and understand this to the fullest. So, I sincerely thank all the Black people who have died before me, playing their part in establishing this great Nation. Since the beginning of this country, Black people have always been the cornerstone of this society, Black people built it, period. It is that simple. The Land in America in 1619 was unmanageable to work for white people. America's beginning time places us in Jamestown, Virginia. It was too hard for white people to work that land. Black labor was the only thing that gave the land any Value. Without that, nothing happens (Condé Nast. James Baldwin: Letter from a Region in My Mind. The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 1962). 1619 is way before the industrial revolution that happened in the 1900s, meaning. There were no manufacturing plants or factories of this period. Everyone, everywhere had to work in the fields, agriculture was the way of life back then. Many educators claim or teach that Black people in America started in the Transatlantic Slave trade.  Which is during the years of 1526-1808 AD. I believe that it started in the year 711 AD. When Black People from North Africa enslaved White people in Spain and Portugal and kept them enslaved for 700 years. I'll explain more about that later in my book called when The Black People (Moors) enslaved the White People in Spain and Portugal. Let's get into these Black Massacres.

REFERENCE

Condé Nast. James Baldwin: Letter from a Region in My Mind. The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 1962, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/11/17/letter-from-a-region-in-my-mind.

Chapter One

The First Black Massacre.

New York City 1863.

The First Black Massacre that happened after the Civil War started, was covered up with the name, the New York City Draft Riots, it occurred on July 11, 1863 – July 16, 1863, which is right in the middle of the Civil War. Many things we already know about New York City. And here's the things they don't really teach. Most Americans will know that the U.S. Civil War was the most violent Insurrection in U.S. history. But the second most violent Insurrection came during the Civil War, and no one really knows about it.

Well, kind of, in the year 2002, a movie called Gangs of New York was made. This movie was made, not to show people the truth. But to brush over it. Why do I say that? Well, the movie was based in New York City in 1863, these gangs are real. Dead Rabbits were Extremely Racist Irish immigrants. The Nativist Protestant were also extremely racist, too. But also hated white immigrants as well. This movie was not made behind the Thousands of Black People who were murdered in cold blood by white ignorant people in New York City and the white people who were never brought to justice. This movie was made to honor the white people who died. But you can see the aftermath. This movie takes the focus off the real issue and puts it on the gangs. But the real issue in New York City in 1863 wasn't the gangs at all, it was the Black people.

This insurrection, like Jan 6, 2021, kind of hidden away in history, still says much about the tensions between the Black and white races. The 1863 New York City draft riots, which turned into the First Black Massacre are history that deserves to be remembered. When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in the attack on Fort Sumter in April of 1861, few in the Nation could anticipate how destructive the war would be, but any illusions of a war being easily won were lost in 1862. As the battle of Shiloh became the deadliest battle in the history of the Nation. Only to be topped later in the same year by the battle of Antietam. Still the bloodiest day in the history of the United States. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 it really was just a war tactic. The major purpose was to keep European Nations from entering the war on behalf of the Confederacy and destroy their free-labor work force also called slavery. But the devastation of war went on. The battle of Chancellorsville topped Antietam, as the bloodiest battle in the Nation's history; and then was itself topped in the long three-day Battle of Gettysburg, Fought from July First to the third. In New York the Nation's biggest city, the war only highlighted underlying tensions between the races. The city had been the epicenter of mass immigration in the first half of the 19th century. Prior to 1830, nearly all population growth in the US was internal and 98% of the population was native born (Contributors to Wikimedia projects. Padang Galo - Wikipedia." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 26 Apr. 2021). 

In the decade between 1820 and 1830, around 140,000 white people immigrated to the U.S. In the decade between 1850 and 1860, that number had grown to 1.7 million the foreign born. Population in the United States had nearly doubled between the 1850 and the 1860. Census say Irish immigration made up almost 40% at the foreign-born population in 1860 Germans almost a third. Some 90% of the mass immigration of the antebellum period came North. As new immigrants could not compete with the free labor of southern slaves, and it was northern cities that were the most transformed. By 1860, nearly half of the population of New York City was foreign born. This mass migration resulted in inevitable fight and fate of this backlash. In New York the rival white Street Gangs of the Nativist Bowery Boys and the Irish Dead Rabbits had led to a violent confrontation in 1857,