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June 1, 2021
Long overlooked in the classroom, the Tulsa Race Massacre is getting renewed focus in classrooms across Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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"When I first learned about the Tulsa race massacre, all I learned was what happened," said Emily Harris, a teacher at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa.
Harris is a born-and-bred Tulsan. She's now a Tulsa Public Schools teacher. working to ensure the massacre is no longer a footnote in the history books.
"It's something that brings out emotion and everybody in the classroom and everyone's emotions are going to be different," she said. "One thing that we can say that we're when we're all together is that we're all Tulsan's like this is our community that we're learning about. 

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