Oct 22
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Days after starting the second phase of a months-long search to find the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a…
Oct 19
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The search for the victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country’s…
Oct 13
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Did you catch the fire? Sunday’s journey through Lovecraft Country was full of hope—as passed down to us by our…
Oct 7
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In Minneapolis, a mural dedicated to George Floyd was defaced for the second time in the past two months.
Aug 4
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On Friday, The Root reported that the city of Tulsa made a decision last week to remove the Black Lives Matter mural…
Jul 31
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The city of Tulsa has ordered that a Black Lives Matter mural, painted on a street in the district where the Black…
Jul 13
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It’s been just under a century since Tulsa, Okla., saw one of the most brutal and evil acts of American racism…
Jun 21
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You’d think Trump and his personal enforcers—aka, the police—would celebrate any legitimate ticket holder seeking to…
Jun 17
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I know that President Trump is a white man and that has afforded him luxuries and special powers that have allowed…
Jun 14
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Donald Trump is racist. Donald Trump thinks he is clever.
Jun 11
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It often feels like police officers can slap handcuffs on black youth just as easily as they get out of bed in the…
Jun 11
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President Trump has always been a racist. But his racism has never been informed: he couldn’t tell you in any…
Jun 10
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Tulsa Police Major Says They're Shooting Black People '24 Percent Less Than We Probably Ought to Be'
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It’s starting to feel like white people are in a competition to see who can have the worst take during this period…
Feb 20
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Growing up in Tulsa, Okla., I distinctly remember learning all about the Sooner State’s transition from a Native…
Jan 27
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It was a decision that Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum called “one of the most important” he could make during his tenure:…
Jan 13 2020
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The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce kicked off a major fundraising effort to rebuild Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood…
Nov 11 2019
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The historic port city of Wilmington, N.C., is finally recognizing one of the most consequential moments in its…
Oct 8 2019
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A few blocks away from Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood sits the city’s oldest existing cemetery, Oaklawn. On Monday,…
Jan 9 2019
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At the turn of the 20th century, the thriving neighborhood of Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street, in Tulsa,…
Nov 24 2018
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According to The Spokesman-Review, Olivia Hooker—one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, as well…