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Descendants of Tulsa Massacre Possible Victims Can Give DNA
People who believe they are descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can now provide genetic material to help scientists when they begin trying to identify the remains of possible victims.
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Judge Lets Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations Lawsuit Proceed
An Oklahoma judge has ruled that a lawsuit can proceed that seeks reparations for survivors and descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Tulsa County District Court Judge Caroline Wall’s ruling Monday brought new hope for some measure of justice over the deadly, racist rampage that destroyed what had been the nation’s most prosperous Black business district. Wall...
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5 More Coffins Found in Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Search
Tulsa city officials say they’ve found five more coffins during its search of a cemetery for victims of the 1921 Race Massacre
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NYC Art Gallery Calls for Hate Crime Investigation After Repeated Vandalism
An art gallery in New York City displaying pieces by Black artists has been vandalized for the third day in a row. The owner of the Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo is calling for the NYPD to step up its response after someone marked the gallery’s door with black writing of an unknown symbol and the words “etc...
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Biden on Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘We Can't Just Choose to Learn What We Want'
President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday at an event in Tulsa, Okla., to remember the victims of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.
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Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Say They Still Have Nightmares 100 Years Later
A brother and sister look back on the night 100 years ago that a white mob destroyed their neighborhood and murdered hundreds of successful Black residents.
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Biden Decries ‘Horrific' Tulsa Massacre in Emotional Speech
An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence.
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Hundreds Gather at Historic Tulsa Church's Prayer Wall
Hundreds have gathered for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood.
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NYC Art Gallery Commemorating Tulsa Massacre Vandalized With White Paint
An art gallery in Manhattan displaying pieces for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre was vandalized overnight and the person responsible now has the attention of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force. The owner of the Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo said it was not there when he locked up Sunday night, but by Monday morning white…
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Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo Vandalized
A New York City art gallery is calling for an investigation into what they consider a hate crime for vandalizing the front of their SoHo space. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Explaining the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, That Destroyed a Thriving Black Community
100 years ago, white mobs destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood district, also known as Black Wall Street. Thousands of Black Americans lost their homes and many others were injured. LX News hosts Jobeth Devera, Nik Z and Ashley Holt break down the history and speak with a New York Times journalist who digitally reconstructed part of Black Wall Street.
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‘They Were Killing All the Black People': Tulsa Massacre Survivor Remembers
One hundred years ago a white mob destroyed a Black neighborhood in Tulsa and killed a still unknown number of residents. A survivor recalls the massacre.
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Tulsa Massacre Documentaries Offer Deep Dive Into Tragedy
LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and a slew of networks are among those releasing documentaries based on the tragic backstory of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
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Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Events Proceed Amid Hiccups
A march along the trail that Black people used to flee the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is just one of an array of events scheduled to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the atrocity.
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How Tulsa Massacre Spent Most of Last Century Unremembered
When the smoke cleared in June 1921, the toll from the massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was catastrophic — scores of lives lost, homes and businesses burned to the ground, a thriving Black community gutted by a white mob.
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Organizers: Dispute Over Survivors Scrapped Tulsa Event
Tulsans working on events commemorating the 1921 Race Massacre say a dispute over monetary payments to survivors led to the cancellation of a headline event.
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Race Massacre Remembrance Event Canceled; Rescheduling Hoped
The headline event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre has been canceled, with organizers citing “unexpected circumstances with entertainers and speakers.”
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What Is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
One of the deadliest riots in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre took place in Tulsa, Okla., from May 31 to June 1, 1921. During those two days, a mob of white residents burned 35 city blocks and an estimated 300 people were killed after a Black teenager was falsely accused of attempting to rape a white woman.
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100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre, Damage Still Ripples Through Community
Black Tulsa never really recovered from the devastation that took place 100 years ago, when nearly every structure in Greenwood, the fabled Black Wall Street, was flattened and as many as 300 people were killed
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John Legend to Headline Tulsa Race Massacre Remembrance
Grammy-award winning singer John Legend will headline a nationally televised event marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.