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Tulsa: The Fire and the ForgottenUncovers the Emotional Truth Behind One of the Worst Incidents of Racial Violence in American History, Premieres Monday, May 31 on PBSProduced and directed by Jon
‘Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten’ pays respect to lives lost
Exclusive: “There s this tendency to talk about bootstraps and a tendency to leave out the fact that America likes to take your shoestrings or your bootstraps,” Greg Robinson II, activist and descendent of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, says.
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A century has passed since the Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed the vibrant and prosperous Black Wall Street, but it’s still seared in the public consciousness.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is just one of the many documentaries that will delve further into the horrific event.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is a 90-minute documentary that explores the racial violence that ravaged the Greenwood district known as Black Wall Street on May 31, 1921. An unruly white mob of 2,000 descended into Black Wall Street and burned down the neighborhood to ashes and claimed 100-300 Black lives.
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