Battle for the blacktops
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Big Brothers Big Sisters, BMO, Chicago Bulls, GTCR and United Scrap Metal Invest in Life-Changing Mentoring Across Chicago's West Side
Body The Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder have teamed up to launch a virtual Black History Classroom Exchange program, a first of its kind, multi-year partnership between the two teams. The program will give students in Chicago and Tulsa a chance to learn about two tragic events in U.S. history often left out of school curriculum – the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Coming on the heels of the centennial recognition of the Chicago Race Riot and just ahead of the 100-year mark of the Tulsa Race Massacre this spring, the interactive program aims to illuminat...