and south tulsa, you have predominantly white community. this city of tulsa is the most segregated city geographically, economically, socially, and all of the above. growing up in north tulsa, the further i went south of where i lived, i started to notice buildings looked different. institutions looked different. wow. there s a whole nother world i wasn t even aware of. we ve already experienced dislocation, urban removal, all of those things. those people who lived in greenwood saw its demise twice. i grew up on 1415 north
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Essay: Remembering that tragic day in Palmyra
Bonnie Hays
Each year at the Palmyra Historical Museum, we are reminded of a tragedy which had its 46th anniversary. You already know that it is a tragedy, so it is not something that we look forward to each year, but a happening we dread.
It was a cold and windy December night in the village of Palmyra when flames were noticed as they shot up from a small house at 132 Market St. Mother Anna and the six Breeden children were all soundly sleeping when the smoke billowed through the entire house. The time was about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, 1964, and the flames were so hot and high that there was no way of escape. The fire alarm sounded, and all the firemen from Palmyra, Macedon and Marion came to help.
worthy of a better future. he says he is the one who can give african-americans struggling economically a better future. but if you go back to august 2011, in new hampshire, here s what he said. according to the new hampshire union leader, talking about bill and hillary clinton. two people, hillary and bill clinton, who really devoted a lot to african-americans. they did probably as much as anybody, and he made them into racists, talking about obama. hannity in september 2011, he said, whether you like them or don t like them, they ve done so much for african-americans. what changed? i think what we ve seen with this administration, what we ve seen with secretary clinton s leadership, is no new ideas. we ve seen too many communities that have been taken for granted. mr. trump has laid out his plan for an urban removal. american urban removal. you re talking about the obama administration. he was complimentary of the clintons, specifically, on this point, five years ago.