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In this lesson, students will explore a 3-D model of historical Greenwood home of “Black Wall Street” and then learn about how a white mob destroyed a prosperous Black community 100 years ago.
The last remaining survivors are fighting for reparations. City leaders are building a $30 million museum. Here s a look at how Tulsa is grappling with.
Nearly 100 years to the day after the destruction of homes and businesses in Black Wall Street, Viola Fletcher said she can "still smell smoke and see fire."
Tracing Kansas Cityâs Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Centennial Next Week Share this story Published 2 hours ago Above image credit: The ruins of Black Wall Street after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (Courtesy | Library of Congress)
Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery.
What investigators called a âmass graveâ represented evidence of what witnesses had described almost a century ago â that victims of what often is considered the worst incident of racial violence in American history had been buried together without any stone or memorial marking the spot.
The discovery also meant 21