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Oklahoma Joe: Tulsa massacre must never be forgotten
By: Joe Hight
Columnist
May 24, 2021
Joe Hight
We should remember, teach others and never forget about what happened 100 years ago next week when angry mobs of white people destroyed Black Wall Street in Tulsa and killed as many as 300 people.
But should we call it an anniversary?
I’ll always remember the words of Abe Scott, who lost his wife, Janice, in the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon, when he spoke at a Mid-America Press Institute workshop I organized in St. Louis.
Scott urged journalists to avoid using the word in remembering any tragedy. In 2019, as I was interviewing him in Virginia for my future book, I asked him about his statement. ....

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