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
i ve only been to milan a few times, and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. grazie. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these, just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. but do the hardworking milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious! here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh, my god. that s so beautiful. perfetto. this is the land of rice and polenta. polenta, in the ancient time, it was like the bread. people from south of italy call it polentoni. there isn t even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fid
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 wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. but do they bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides. i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of the country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh, my god. that s so beautiful. this is the land of rice and polenta. polenta, in ancient time, it was like the bread. there is not even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fiddle to butter. butter? jesus, whoa, jesus. warning, irresponsible amounts of butter were used in the making of this program. i hate to say it, but we need more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy, it s the capital of lombardy, the region of the north pe
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. The extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. Across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. In raqqa, us backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves Islamic State. Here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. A noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. Wha