In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] 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 have tulsans of an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks that this crime scene is not going to speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, whew, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a Strong Black Community in
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.
no way. a lot of money. no way. thank you, president. is this your mug shot? this is what we re reduced to, which could be the slogan for donald trump s campaign as his republican sycophants continue to kneel to the first ever felon to be a major party presidential nominee. first up tonight bump stocks turn guns into rapid fire killing machines. nonetheless the six leonard leo conservatives on the supreme court say they cannot be banned, leading to a scathing dissent fromjustice sonia sotomayor. but we begin tonight by wishing everyone a happy flag day, which commemorates the day in 1777 when the continental congress approved the stars and stripes as the symbol for an emerging if imperfect nation. and as there has been some confusion recently the american legion wanted to clarify that the flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a symbol of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property. in other words, never upside down. if someon
and the crowd around him wouldn t let anybody touch him or pick him up, wouldn t let an ambulance pick him up. but he was the first man that was shot in a riot. nobody cares about dick rowan anymore. the white mob is now out to get any black person in their sights. the teeming white mob spilled over the frisco tracks into the greenwood community. carrying rifles, pistols, matches and cans of gasoline. in the words of one of the massacre survivors, all hell broke loose. looting, shooting, burning, destroying everything in sight. people are taking shelter in
and wouldn t let anyone touch him, pick him up, but he was the first man that was shot in the riot. nobody cares about dick rowland. the white mob is now out to get any black person in their sights. the teaming white mob spilled over the tracks into the greenwood community. carrying rifles, pistols, matches, and cans of gasoline. in the words of one of the massacre survivors, all hell broke loose. looting, shooting, burning, destroying everything in sight. people are taking shelter in their homes or packing up their stuff and fleeing with whatever