This is all connected : Black Dallasites reflect on Tulsa Massacre lessons dallasnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
historian for the commission. during that period i was thinking maybe we could use this to figure out how many people died and where they were buried. how many? go ahead. i am chair of the survivors committee of the oklahoma legislative commission to study the tulsa race riot of 1921. i was the videographer for the commission report. i was on to it accompany eddie faye gates. her job was record the systems of the riot survivors. we have located 51 actual living riot survivors, ages 78 to 104. no research takes the place of eyewitness testimony. that is why this day is so significant. mrs. simms. you ll never forget that.
<p>Historian Robin D.G. Kelley warns what has been truly hidden are the class politics of the Tulsa Race Massacre, both in terms of the economic agendas of the white elites who condoned and covered up violence and the impact on the city's Black working class. </p>
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