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100 Year Commemoration of the Tulsa Massacre

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Journalist Georgia Fort reports from Tulsa, Oklahoma on the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. Three of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Benningfield Randle, testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre – when a white mob attacked residents, homes … Continued


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Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Patrisse Khan-Cullors

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We speak with historian Dr. Kimberley Ellis about Tulsa, domestic terrorism and reparations. Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, a Black economic and cultural mecca—until May 31, 1921 when a white mob decimated the community. Later we hear a talk featuring BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors. She discusses her memoir, When They Call … Continued


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In Conversation with

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We speak with historian Dr. Kimberley Ellis about Tulsa, domestic terrorism and reparations. Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, a Black economic and cultural mecca—until May 31, 1921 when a white mob decimated the community. Later we hear a talk featuring BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors. She discusses her memoir, When They Call … Continued


State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting; Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher; Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street; Rashad Robinson: Let’s Implement Stop-and-Frisk on White Billionaires … Continued


State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting; Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher; Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street; Rashad Robinson: Let’s Implement Stop-and-Frisk on White Billionaires … Continued