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The Tulsa Riots were also known as "the night that Tulsa died." It was a large massacre that occured mainly in a largely segregated neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31st, 1921. Uproars started because of a covil disorder, allowing rioting to go on for over 16 consistent hours. 16 hours of gruesome violence, where over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, over 10,000 were left homeless, and 35 city blocks which were filled with 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire, leaving a property damage of $1.8 million, equal to $21.7 million in today's currency rate. Around 300 black citizens were killed by white militiamen leaving the Tulsa riot being the worst in U.S. history.