Posts Tagged ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’
More DNA sought from remains of possible massacre victims
DNA testing will help identify remains of people killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which destroyed what was known as “Black Wall Street.”
Read MoreTulsa race massacre reparations lawsuit survives motion to deny and will move forward, judge rules
Survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are hopeful to have their chance to make the case for reparations after this ruling.
Read MoreThe panic over critical race theory is an attempt to whitewash U.S. history
In the same week when Juneteenth became a national holiday, schoolteachers in Texas, where the commemoration originally marked the end of slavery in that state, could teach about these events only at their peril. An author of the original Critical Race Theory explains the consequences of “erasing” the truth about our country’s history.
Read MoreOn This Date in History, May 31, 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre, which decimated Black lives and the successful Greenwood neighborhood, was committed by a white mob.
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