conversations may be a bit uneasy, get comfortable in that discomfort because this is the necessary exchange to make this country into the america that so many of you already believe her to be. joining me now is jalani cobb, staff writer at the new yorker. professor of journalism at columbia university and msnbc university analyst. angela rye, host of the amazing podcast on one with angela rye. and niamia frank, founder and editor in chief of the black wall street times. guys, i m so happy to have you here. mostly, i m happy to have people on set with me. thank you all for being here. niamia, i want to start with you because when i first got to tulsa to do research on the back story, i was struck by the difference in how the north part of town, the predominantly black part of town lives to the southern part where white residents live. it highlighted how the economic impact of that devastation has
i m curious your experience in the community because you ve been a very outspoken advocate for reparations. i know you go down to city hall and keep this issue in the light and protest for it. how has the community responded to your demands? varied, right? we still have got have any action from the city. the city officials, council, the mayor, district attorney, a.g., governor, no one has authored we have received no restitution. maya, talk to me about the black wall street times. i started the black wall street times when i moved back to tulsa. when i moved back, the narrative was that there was still a riot that took place here in tulsa, and i noticed that some members of my community, the chief being one of them, saying this wasn t a riot. this was a massacre. 300 people lost their life, 300
On this edition of ST, we're pleased to speak with Marlin Lavanhar, a Unitarian Universalist minister who's been based at All Souls Church here in Tulsa