The incident escalated into a full-scale riot when a white mob gathered outside the courthouse where Rowland was being held, and rumors spread that there would be a lynching. The mob eventually made its way to the Greenwood district, looting and burning businesses and homes, and attacking African American residents. The violence resulted in the destruction of more than 35 city blocks in Greenwood, which was known as "Black Wall Street" due to its prosperous black-owned businesses.

The exact number of casualties from the riots is unknown, as many bodies were buried in unmarked graves, but estimates range from 100 to 300 deaths, mostly African Americans. Thousands of residents were left homeless and the economic impact on the community was devastating.

The Tulsa race riots are considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history, and their legacy continues to impact the city of Tulsa and the African American community. In recent years, efforts have been made to uncover the true extent of the violence and provide reparations to the descendants of the victims.

The part that really stuck with me, and one for which I’d make an infographic were I to post on Social media, was her comment about Brown V Board of education and how segregation in schools persisted despite Brown v Board: “Brown was a first step in dismantling our segregation regime. But what continues today is this notion that there are white spaces and that the law should protect white spaces and the, what white people view as their privilege to control those spaces. So we see that still in public education here in New York City, one of those segregated school systems in the country, and at the same time, one of the most integrated cities in the country, we have intense segregation in our public schools. You see that protecting white space.” I would locate, in my local school system, the two schools that seem to be most segregated, show the differences in tax value of the homes, test scores, etc. And ask students to answer the question, is separate equal? How has Brown v Board been undermined?

Mary Perez