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3 days ago · 638 and it is a somber anniversary in our state. today marks 103 years since a white mob burned down tulsa’s greenwood district. most of you know it as the tulsa race massacre of 1921, and it targeted a predominantly black neighborhood that was a thriving economic hub known as black wall street.
3 days ago · Oklahoma’s Tulsa Race Massacre Commission reported that 100 to 300 people were killed, though some estimate the number may be even higher. Still, Black Americans worked to rebuild what was lost ...
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- Cheyanne M. Daniels
3 days ago · The Black Wall Street was destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. ... mob destroyed the robust all-Black Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... is working on a mini documentary ...
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- Taylor Ardrey,Ahjané Forbes
4 days ago · This documentary recounts the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the ongoing legacy of harm it caused. Hear directly from survivors and descendants of the massacre as well as community advocates on how over 100 years later the destruction of Greenwood continues to ripple through individuals, families, and entire communities.
1 day ago · More than a century after it was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, ... grave at Oaklawn Cemetery during commemoration of the Tulsa race massacre centennial in 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...
5 days ago · The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst acts of racial terrorism to take place in the U.S., and the last remaining survivors are still seeking justice. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court last month to appeal the 2023 decision by an Oklahoma judge to dismiss a 2020 lawsuit filed ...
4 days ago · This month marks the 103 rd anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the worst instance of racial violence in this country. The two remaining survivors, 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle and ...
