Tag: Black Wall Street
Descendants of Possible Tulsa Massacre Victims Can Give DNA
People who believe they are descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can now provide genetic material to help scientists when they...
Investigator: DNA Could Identify 2 Tulsa Massacre Victims
Investigators seeking to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre have found enough usable DNA for testing on two of the 14 sets of...
Lincoln Memorial Centennial Harks Back to History
By Kay Coles James, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
On May 30, 1922, thousands gathered on the National Mall to dedicate the Lincoln Memorial....
Mother Viola Fletcher Among 200 Black Wall Street Survivors Headed to Ghana
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
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On the evening of May 31st, 1921, a vicious white mob from neighboring Tulsa, Oklahoma, descended on...
President Biden Signs Juneteenth Holiday into Law
By Stacy M. Brown
Beginning on Friday, June 18, federal employees enjoyed the country’s 12th – and perhaps most significant – paid holiday.
President Joe Biden...
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