AdvertisementMeet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921May 31, 2018Nellie GillesfacebookEmailOver the course of 18 hours, white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses during the Tulsa Race Riot. They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters, leveling entire city blocks. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, American National Red Cross Collection)