Tulsa, Oklahoma, will soon begin marking the centennial of its storied and deadly race massacre. In 1921, a white mob carried out a scorched-earth campaign against a city business and residential district known as Black Wall Street.http://apne.ws/D0CZS43
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The Tulsa Race Massacre is just one of the starkest examples of how Black wealth has been sapped by racism and racist violence. It forced generations to start from scratch while shouldering the burdens of being Black in America,
@aaronlmorrison reports.http://apne.ws/T6BOuXBShow this thread -
This week, ahead of planned commemorations, journalists across the
@AP will explore how the Tulsa Race Massacre’s economic, political and cultural impacts have echoed across generations. Read the stories here:http://apne.ws/FZOmAnsShow this thread
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But you can't learn about it in Oklahoma, thanks to the governor.
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No true. All over the TV & newspapers this week. Several events in Tulsa next week.
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