Tulsa Massacre 
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SOURCE: The Guardian
9/1/2020
Woman, 105, Leads Lawsuit Seeking Reparations For 1921 Tulsa Massacre
A 105 year-old woman, one of two known living survivors of the Tulsa massacre in 1921, is a lead plaintiff in a suit charging that the destruction of Black-owned property and government approval of terrorism against Black Tulsans causes ongoing harm today.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/22/2020
Tulsa’s First Dig For Suspected Mass Graves From 1921 Massacre Of Black People Finds No Human Remains
The massacre — one of the worst episodes of racist violence in U.S. history — became the subject of renewed scrutiny as Tulsa prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary next year.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/18/2020
White Anti-Mask Protesters Jeered A Black Pastor Demanding Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations
As the group jeered, Reverend Robert Turner shouted: “You care more about a face mask than you do justice, than you do for people whose bodies are still in mass graves.”
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/29/2020
Reparations Need to be Part of the Conversation about Racial Justice
by Nichole Nelson
Understanding how government policy held African Americans back economically — and advantaged whites — long after ending slavery, shows why the reparations discussion is once again growing.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/21/2020
The Republican President who Called for Racial Justice in America after Tulsa Massacre
Warren G. Harding’s comments about race and equality were remarkable for 1921.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
6/19/2020
From Grandfather to Grandson, the Lessons of the Tulsa Race Massacre
by Gregory B. Fairchild
An expert in community economic development reflects on how the devastation of Tulsa's Greenwood community should inform broad efforts to fight racial inequality.
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SOURCE: MSNBC
6/14/2020
Historian Daina Ramey Berry on "Black Wall Street" and the Tulsa Massacre
American historian Daina Ramey Berry sits down with MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez to discuss the history of Tulsa’s 'Black Wall Street', and why so many black Americans were offended by the suggestion that President Trump would hold a campaign rally in that city on Juneteenth.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/13/2020
A White Republican Mayor Seeks the Truth about Tulsa’s Race Massacre a Century Ago
Bynum, a white Republican in deeply red Oklahoma, said he would not back down from trying to find answers to what happened.
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