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Law and Government
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| In 1921, the Tulsa Race Riot occurred, one of
the nation's worst acts of racial violence. Thirty-five blocks
of businesses and residences were burned in the Greenwood District
of north Tulsa and as many as 300 persons were left dead, a
large majority of whom were black. The Oklahoma State Legislature
passed laws in 2001 aimed at revitalizing Greenwood, setting
up a scholarship fund for college-bound descendants of riot
victims and appropriating $2 million for a riot memorial. Greenwood
has never fully recovered, but two blocks of the old neighborhood
have been restored and are part of the Greenwood Historical
District. |
| Following the "Oil Bust" of 1982-84
the title of "Oil Capital of the World" was relinquished
to Houston. City leaders worked to diversify the city away from
a largely petroleum-based economy, luring blue collar factory
jobs as well as Internet and telecommunications firms to Tulsa
during the 1990s. Showing that petroleum is still an important
part of Tulsa's economy, an abundant supply of natural gas also
helped the recovery. Especially since World War II, the aerospace
industry has also been an important part of the Tulsa economy.
The American Airlines maintenance facility in Tulsa and other
aviation-related businesses employ many Tulsans. |
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