Tag: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
For Years, Newspapers Printed Hate, Leading to Lynchings and Massacres of Black Americans
By DeNeen L. Brown, The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
“FRIED OVER SLOW FIRE: Negro Commits the Unspeakable Crime and Is Put to Death With...
Together, We Should Seek Justice for the Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
May 31-June 1, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest acts of...
“The Foundation of the Wealth:” Why Black Wall Street Boomed
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks...
100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre, The Damage Remains
AARON MORRISON | AP
On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Not her body. She had left this Earth...
John Legend to Headline Tulsa Race Massacre Remembrance
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter John Legend will headline a nationally televised ceremony in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of...