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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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 threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I had no idea this happened until HBO’s Watchman.

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Wait until you hear about the Red Summer of 1919.
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Are y’all doing anything in particular about it? Thank you for sharing this important history. Reparations are due.
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They’d only let you get so far, back in those days, before they pulled the plug on your progress… “Say what? Ngrz owning their own businesses & building up wealth in their own community, you say? Next thing you know, those ngrz’ll think they’re equal to us. We can’t have that!”
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I was never taught about this chapter of American history when I was in highschool. I did not learn of the Tulsa race massacre until I watched
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Meanwhile
#Emilywilder fired for poor reason. You should be ashamed. Booo APThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Should we not list perpetrators of this massacre?
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