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Bill making site of Tulsa Race Massacre a national monument faces uncertain future
Rep. Kevin Hern, whose district covers part of Tulsa and who serves as policy chair of the House Republican Conference, has some preliminary concerns.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was a taboo subject when Ed Wheeler's story published in 1971
The late Ed Wheeler, a retired Oklahoma National Guard brigadier general and former Tulsa Community College history ...
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‘A Stain on Our City’s History:’ Tulsa Mayor Proposes $100 Million Trust to Make Amends for Black Wall Street Massacre
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations package that would help the ...
Two local nonprofits partner to certify descendants of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Greenwood Cultural Center has certified their first descendent of the 1921 Race Massacre. The certification process was a ...
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Tulsa Race Massacre — This Happened: May 31
On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, began in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, ...
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100 years after the Tulsa race massacre, one woman’s family is still tormented by racial injustice and police brutality
“Oklahoma schools did not talk about it. In fact, newspapers didn’t even print any information about the Tulsa race riot,” U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said in a May 2020 local news ...
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3 more sets of remains tied to the 1921 Tulsa race riots found with gunshot wounds
Eleven additional sets of human remains have been found in connection with the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riots, three of which have gunshot wounds, the city said Friday. Two of the victims have ...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon doesn’t appear to know what Tulsa Race Massacre is during House hearing
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon got an unexpected pop quiz on Black history during a congressional hearing on ...