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A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past


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Buildings were destroyed in a massive fire during the Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob attacked the Greenwood neighborhood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921. Eyewitnesses recalled the specter of men carrying torches through the streets to set fire to homes and businesses.
Survivors and their descendants say facing the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation s struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people.
It s been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. An armed white mob attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 people. What was known as Black Wall Street was burned to the ground. ....

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A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past


A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past
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Anneliese M. Bruner s great-grandmother Mary E. Jones Parrish, a teacher and journalist, survived and documented the massacre in her self-published memoir,
Events of the Tulsa Disaster.
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It s been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. An armed white mob attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 people. What was known as Black Wall Street was burned to the ground. ....

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A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past - NPR News


Monday, May 24, 2021
by Marisa Peñaloza (NPR)
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Buildings were destroyed in a massive fire during the Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob attacked the Greenwood neighborhood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921. Eyewitnesses recalled the specter of men carrying flaming torches through the streets to set fire to homes and businesses.
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It’s been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. An armed white mob attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., killing as many as 300 people. What was known as Black Wall Street was burned to the ground. ....

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