a healing. it s just the first step. i mean, there s very much here a sense of community, a sense of resolution. i think it s a first step in the healing. you know, it s nowhere the completeness of the healing that needs to happen. all right. we are going to have to leave it there. stanley nelson, marco williams, great to see you again. remember, their documentary tulsa burning, the 1921 race massacre premieres tonight on the history channel. coming up, the descendents of martin luther king are here to show their perspective on the fight for justice. r perspectivee fight for justice. and they re always glad you came you wanna be where you can see(ah-ah) our troubles are all the same (ah-ah) you wanna be where everybody knows your name
gary 0 donoghue, bbc news, tulsa. we can talk now to the award winning documentary maker marco williams, whose latest film, tulsa burning: the 1921 race massacre, hasjust premiered on the history channel. i would become a what garyjust said. when you look at the recent events such as the killing of george floyd that have sparked this reckoning in america over social justice, racialjustice, why is tulsa still struggling to come to terms with what happened 100 years ago? is terms with what happened 100 years ato? , ., ., terms with what happened 100 years ato? , . . , ., terms with what happened 100 years ato? ,., ., , ., ~ , terms with what happened 100 years ato? ., ,., ~ i, ago? is a great question. why is it stru: talin ago? is a great question. why is it struggling now? ago? is a great question. why is it struggling now? why ago? is a great question. why is it struggling now? why did - ago? is a great question. why is it struggling now? why did he i ago? is a great question. why
identification card. countersigned by a white person willing to vouch for them. here you are, you have been illegally arrested by white civilians. you have no idea what s happened to your loved ones, if you have been separated from them. if that was your uncle, brother, son, your father, you will never know what happened to them. mr. williams, when i was watching the documentary i watched that part it took my breath away. i had no idea, one, that there were internment camps, but, two, in order for black tulsans to get out, they had to have a white person vouch for them. what other things did you learn through making this film that you didn t know before? that was one of them, that here we had in this country,
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 26, 2021 file photo, an image of devastation from the Tulsa Race Massacre is shown on a drive-in movie screen from the documentary Rebuilding Black Wall Street, during a screening of documentaries for centennial commemorations of the destruction of the Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/John Locher) May 30, 2021 - 4:23 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Several documentary filmmakers â some backed by NBA superstars â are shedding light on the historically ignored Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific tragedies in American history.
LeBron James and Russell Westbrook are among those releasing documentaries based on the racially motivated massacre. The projects come during the 100th anniversary of the massacre in Greenwood, a Black-owned business district and residential neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and a slew of networks are among those releasing documentaries based on the tragic backstory of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921