THE Tulsa Race Massacre: A Retrospective

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Maybe the ugliest, largest and most shameful blot on Oklahoma’s historical past is the Tulsa Race Bloodbath of 1921. And till just lately, it was an occasion largely swept underneath the rug, or – at greatest – wildly downplayed, primarily rewritten to suit a racist agenda. The occasion was halted from rising to the forefront of discussions about our state’s historical past.
Within the final Few Years, issues have modified. Conversations have shifted. Lastly, a horrible occasion is being introduced factually. The reality has been delivered to the sunshine.
Motivations have morphed into schooling, into reconciliation, into therapeutic. On this retrospective, we check out Oklahoma’s burgeoning all-Black communities previous to the bloodbath; the occasion and its aftermath; the evolving schooling surrounding the Bloodbath; the Flourishing Greenwood District because it stands at present; and the Tulsa Race Bloodbath Centennial Fee and its hopes for a greater, extra
united Tulsa.

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