re: On this day in history: The wealthiest black community in the US was destroyed

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I'd be willing to believe the story was fabricated just so the white people could have a reason to kill more black people

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People need to quit depending on Wiki for their facts

There is a 1929 lawsuit filed by a white man named Redfearn against his insurance company for claims of $19,000 of businesses burned in the Greenwood riots. He lost

All the details are there, and fresher than a Wiki article written 75 years later