Lessie Benningfield Randle survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Her lawyers are making what they say is a final bid to keep her case alive.
Tag: Tulsa Race Riot (1921)
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Tulsa Superintendent to Step Down, in a Showdown With State Officials
Deborah A. Gist hopes to stop a state takeover of the district, which is majority Black and Hispanic. Ryan Walters, the state superintendent, is a fiery conservative.
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Tommy Tuberville Is Whitewashing White Nationalism
White nationalism was fundamental to the creation of America. That fact doesn’t change because it makes some uncomfortable.
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How Greenwood, Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’, Grew a Thriving Economy
W.E.B. Du Bois saw the key to Black prosperity in places like Tulsa, where Black residents patronized Black stores. Even today it serves as a model.
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Tulsa Reaches ‘Breakthrough’ in Search for Massacre Victims
More than a century after a white mob burned down the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., a community known as Black Wall Street, the city moved a step closer to identifying victims.