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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire, and Oklahoma state Rep. Regina Goodwin, about the lasting effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

A state representative from Austin is looking to transform the way local elections are held, calling to shift to a growing process called ranked-choice voting.

Salvaged what they could and revived that paper. they renamed it "the oklahoma eagle" and you can still read "the oklahoma eagle" today. one of the people who bought and continued that paper was a man named edward goodwin. he and his descendents stayed in oklahoma after the massacre. they rebuilt what they could of the community. now his granddaughter is a state representative in oklahoma. her name is regina goodwin. she joins us now and represents the states 73rd district, which includes greenw...

Representative in oklahoma. her name is regina goodwin. she joins us now and she represents the states 73rd district, which includes greenwood. representative goodwin, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i know this is a very somber day. >> it is, rachel. thank you for having me and just covering this issue. it means a lot. >> let me ask you how you felt about president bidens visit today and his remarks and how it was received in the city. >> well, first of all, to have a president of the...

Its those eyewitness accounts that we hold dear. and we remember here in tulsa, oklahoma. >> representative goodwin, one thing that has amazed and alarmed me in learning about this is that this was an event almost erased from history for a number of years, not even taught in schools in oklahoma, right, for so many years. and i wonder if you could explain to folks how that happened, right? theres been a reawakening of awareness of this event today, but for so many years, it was swept under the ru...

You choose not to do that, then we will have to let the world know where we are in terms of trying to continue to hide history in oklahoma. we did not even get a joint resolution passed which this 100 years is deserving of. the senate chose not to have my language in the resolution. so right now, history, the omission of history, the attempt to rewrite history is ongoing in oklahoma today. >> can we take that a step further, representative goodwin. jim makes an excellent point about so many peop...

Is discomforted, if someone is made to feel guilty, look, there is blame to be had because there are benefactors of the past injustices, even today. so theres blame there and theres also -- there are also benefactors. >> representative regina goodwin, we wish we could go on and on with you. today is meaningful. youre meeting with the president. come back soon. >> thank you all so much for having me. were certainly going to remember miss lessie bennyfield reynold and miss viola fletcher. and even...

Interview with representative goodwin. what did not happen for so many people in tulsa for the black residents of tulsa because of that destruction. what did happen for white residents and what they were able to do. i think, abby, you know, this really speaks to a larger reckoning thats been taking place over the last year that is long overdue in this country in addressing the reality of the history of the united states. and this is a very important moment in history that i think many of us -- i...