The 111-year-old lone survivor was a little girl at the time. BySteve Osunsami, Tesfaye Negussie, and Sabina Ghebremedhin Buildings burn during the race riots in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Sunday marks the 105-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The events of that day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, still reverberate throughout a community seeking justice.