black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. we of tulsa of an undetermined number, it should have not taken any nine years. anyone who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak does not have the ears to hear. the earth is shaking. i came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade, so that has been well, i don t know how many years. my mother is from oklahoma. and there was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. these people were the core of black entrepreneurship. and they would help you get your business started. 1920 greenwood was booming.
state representative don rawls created the commission to study the tulsa race riot of 1921, which brought historians, consultants, from around the world to try to figure out what happened in 1921. i had many conversations with riot survivors. you know, you are sitting there, nice little lady sitting the better. when you are 5 years old. it was one of the proudest moments that i can remember my father, no other major republican mayor or democrat even thought about or touched the story of the mass graves. when you hear about history being erased and, you know, these authoritarian regimes,
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Help Create A Happier Holiday Season For Kids In Foster Care While the holidays help bring people closer together, this can be a difficult time for children and families involved in the child welfare system who are not able to spend this time together. When a family is in crisis and becomes involved in the child welfare system, the children are often removed from their homes and placed in foster care, many times far from everyone and everything they know. This holiday season, CASA of Hill County urges everyone to be mindful of the children who are spending the holidays away from those they love, and consider how you can help make a difference.