Yesterday...Tulsa Race Riots

I'd never heard of that Tulsa story. I was born in Stillwater.

Are the tickets for the new African American museum? I'd be interested! Congratulations to your niece. We're just celebrating our daughter's college graduation. Busy month for a lot of us, eh?

I lived in Tulsa for several years and I was aware of the Greenwood massacre, but not exactly sure how I became aware of it--perhaps reporting from the Tulsa World. At the time, I remember being shocked that such a major horrible and violent incident had previously received no coverage in the press.

Unlike the "Bowling Green massacre" which got a lot of play.  Fake massacres get big play.  Real massacres get little play.  I want my country to grow up and stop being the land of unthinking, uncaring masses.

I heard about Tulsa a year or so ago from an acquaintance who lived in Tulsa. I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before.

I was lucky enough to get to visit the African American Museum a couple of months ago. It was very well done and a beautiful museum. Apparently, tickets are very hard to come by. An event I attended held a private reception there, and everyone who was local was bringing tons of guests because it is so hard to get in.

I also visited the National Civil Rights museum in Memphis a few months ago. It also associated with the Smithsonian, and an excellent museum. Definitely a must-see in Memphis. It is in the Lorraine Motel (where Martin Luther King Jr. was killed). We stumbled upon it when passing through Memphis last summer, and DH and I made a road trip back to Memphis, in part, to see this museum.

The African American museum has a broader focus, an the National Civil Rights Museum is more focused on the modern Civil Rights era. Both were very moving and thought-provoking.

Born and raised Tulsan here. I live very close to the area this happened. In the area that was referred to as Black Wall Street, the stone steps to homes that were burned still exist. And it's correct that the Tulsa race riots are not in any texts. I've known about that awful night since I was young, as my Gramma told me. My great grandfather owned a business downtown and helped hide a few young boys in the back of his store. They burned down his business because of it. That area is now called Greenwood Ave and has been thriving lately with local black businesses. It's much more known now, a friend who is a teacher in the area has it in her 4th grade history curriculum.

I've heard of the Tulsa Riots. It was an appalling event that almost nobody learns about in school. And I know exactly what conchita is talking about when she references Waco. It was very much like an event that happened here in Colorado back around the turn of last century. Our history is loaded with such events, all brushed away and forgotten. I was lucky enough to attend schools that took history very seriously, and sought to include *all* history. It kind of bugs me that Black History is shuttled off as a niche subject, because it's not. Black History is our history too.

Interesting! I didn’t see this thread first time around. We watched the first episode of The Watchmen last night, and the first scene of the show depicts this event. I had no idea this even took place. It was horrible! I can’t believe this happened here. I thought it was a really fucked up story line, but my husband googled and told me that it was a real thing. 😢

I first heard of this horrific event last week on a podcast that was talking about the KKK as part of a series on terrorism in the US. Then, the opening of the new Watchmen series on HBO took place in Tulsa 1921. Yesterday, someone I follow on Twitter shared a link to the Smithsonian story. Now, I see it here.

I wonder why it's come to my attention 4 times in less than a week.

Gross. I hate him

I’m pretty sure one of the largest ever Black Lives Matter protests will take place here that day too.

Don’t worry, we will show him just what we think of him.

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