Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit by last surviving witnesses of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, halting their quest for justice and highlighting ongoing racial justice challenges in America.
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100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, What Have We Learned?
May 31, 2021
Residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma look at the “Black Wall Street Memorial” while celebrating Juneteenth in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, the site of the 1921 race massacre, on June 19, 2020.
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I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home.
I still see Black men being shot, black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot. I will not
Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events a century ago has meant to them.
The long-hidden racist attack on “Black Wall Street” and its residents is finally in the open and raising questions about all that Americans don’t know and have tried to hide.