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Blocks of a prosperous, robust community. we are a century later both commemorating those deaths and losses and reflecting on what we need to do to better teach and learn from american history in this moment. >> i was just about to ask you, have we learned the lessons from tulsa in these hundreds years? >> well, jonathan, i'm encouraged by president biden's budget, which was just released on friday. and how much of it is investing in equity issues, in investing in ways that housing and education and opportunity is more open to african-americans. but, frankly, as we see states in several places...

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Washington, the issue is being seriously debated and studied. >> the victims of this atrocity have been denied justice for far too long. >> there's only one reason why descendents of the tulsa massacre have not been compensated, and that reason is racism. >> this mural and half a city block are all that are left of greenwood, also known as black wall street. it was a city within a city where black businesses, art and culture thrived. in 18 hours, it was destroyed and burned to the ground by a racist mob. historians believe as many as 300 black residents were killed. >> what do reparations mean...

Years since a horrific racist massacre in tulsa, oklahoma. while there is no specific threat, officials say the events may be an attractive target for white supremacists. a new cnn film about the tulsa massacre "dreamland" appears this monday. our abby phillip looks at what's being done to compensate the massacre's survives and the descendents of other victims. >> how long would you wait for your justice? >> hughes van ellis, viola ford fletcher. these are the last survivors of the 1921 tulsa race massacre. >> i will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. i'm 107 yea...

Calling for the massacre's centennial commission to give back to the victims some of what has been raised. >> people are starting to understand what happened in tulsa and the magnitude of the devastation and destruction. >> today white-owned businesses and corporations are rapidly developing land in greenwood as black businesses see their presence dwindling through gentrification. reparations have taken different forms across the country. in evanevanston, illinois, theyl give reparations to victims of policies. here in tulsa, there has been far more resistance from elected officials, including...