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#DontLetThemBuryMyStory: The Oldest Living Survivor of the #TulsaRaceMassacre In Her Own Words | Literati Bookstore
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Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/viola-ford-fletcher-tulsa-race-massacre-death #Tulsaracemassacre #BlackUSculture #Oklahoma #USnews #Race
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#ViolaFletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood torched by white citizens in what became known as the #TulsaRaceMassacre — one of the most violent acts of racial violence in #AmericanHistory — & who, a century later, testified in #Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning #reparations, has died. She was 111 & the oldest survivor of the attack.
#UShistory #BlackHistory #WhiteSupremacy
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Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died today at age 111. After decades of silence for fear of reprisals, she wrote a book about her experiences, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story," which was published in 2023. “I could never forget the charred remains of our once-thriving community, the smoke billowing in the air, and the terror-stricken faces of my neighbors,” she wrote. Here's more from @AssociatedPress.
#ViolaFordFletcher #MotherFletcher #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre #History #USHistory #InMemoriam #RIP #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon
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An important story told with baffling inconsistency. Greenwood Rising gestures at history but never quite grasps it—turning the rise of Black Wall Street into a collage of anachronisms, stock footage, and missed opportunities. The real Greenwood deserved more care, more clarity, and far more weight.
#GreenwoodRising #BlackWallStreet #TulsaHistory #FilmReview #HistoricalCinema #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackHistory #CinemaCritique #IndieFilm #ReconstructionEra
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Tulsa’s new mayor proposes $100m trust to repair effects of 1921 race massacre https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/tulsa-100-million-trust-1921-race-massacre #Tulsaracemassacre #Oklahoma #USnews
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report released Friday.
The report, stemming from an investigation announced in September, is the first time that the federal government has given an official, comprehensive account of the events of May 31 and June 1, 1921, in the Tulsa neighborhood of Greenwood. Although it formally concluded that, more than a century later, no person alive could be prosecuted, it underscored the brutality of the atrocities committed.#TulsaRaceMassacre #kkk #uspol #tulsa #greenwood #maga #fascism
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' “The Tulsa race massacre stands out as a civil rights crime unique in its magnitude, barbarity, racist hostility and its utter annihilation of a thriving Black community,” Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general of the DoJ’s civil rights division, said in a statement. '
#TulsaRaceMassacre #Oklahoma #racism #terrorism #USDepartmentOfJustice #CivilRights
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DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/tulsa-race-massacre-report-doj #Tulsaracemassacre #USnews #Race
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Oldest living survivor of Tulsa race massacre casts vote for Kamala Harris https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/tulsa-race-massacre-survivor-votes-kamala-harris #Tulsaracemassacre #USelections2024 #KamalaHarris #USpolitics #Oklahoma #USnews
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"The #Justice Department has launched a historic federal review of the 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre, one of the worst incidents of #racist terror committed against #Black Americans in US #history...
“This is an amazing opportunity for us to make sure that what happened here in #Tulsa is understood for what it was — the largest crime scene in the history of this country,” Simmons said."
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#JusticeDepartment launches first federal review of 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre;
The federal review, launched under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. -
#JusticeDepartment launches first federal review of 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre;
The federal review, launched under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. -
#JusticeDepartment launches first federal review of 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre;
The federal review, launched under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. -
#JusticeDepartment launches first federal review of 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre;
The federal review, launched under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. -
#JusticeDepartment launches first federal review of 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre;
The federal review, launched under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. -
‘It Is #AboutDamnTime’: #DOJ’s #CivilRights #Review Of #TulsaRaceMassacre Is Called #LongOverdue.
“It only took 103 years, but this is a #joyous #occasion," said #DamarioSolomonSimmons, the #lawyer who filed a #lawsuit on behalf of the remaining #survivors.
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#US #DOJ announces first-ever #federal #review of #1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre
Over 100 years after a #white #mob #attacked a then-#thriving #Black #community in #Tulsa, #Oklahoma, the #DepartmentofJustice announced the first-ever #federal #probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #History #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #AboutDamnTime #BlackMastodon
https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-announces-federal-review-1921-tulsa-race-massacre/story?id=114371787
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US justice department announces investigation into Tulsa race massacre https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/tulsa-race-massacre-doj-investigation #Tulsaracemassacre #Oklahoma #USnews #Race
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/us/tulsa-race-massacre-victims-gunshot.html
This is an ongoing and historic investigation to give names and identities to the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It's an important historic investigation.
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Y'ALL NEED TO READ THIS. Especially if you're in #Oklahoma!
#Tulsa
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism
#WhiteSupremacy
#TulsaRaceMassacre
#BlackWallStreetMassacre
#GreenwoodDistrictMassacre"Despite what supporters of HB 1775 say, education advocates believe teaching history unrestricted can create benefits for the entire classroom. Black students feel valued and their self-esteem increases when they see people who look like them contribute to society....
https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/08/meet-the-oklahoma-activist-whos-fighting-racist-laws-with-black-history.htmlEdit: link fixed!
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3rd set of #remains with #bullet #wounds found with possible ties to 1921 #TulsaRaceMassacre.
The #discovery is the latest as part of the city’s #1921GravesInvestigation, stated the City of #Tulsa in a press release.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Tulsa #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #BlackMastodon
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“We’re not just establishing a study group,” he said at the news conference, adding that he wants city funds to promote #homeownership “& advance the goal of creating intergenerational wealth” among the massacre’s descendants. Other states & cities have created groups to decide on #reparations for #Black residents, including #Boston, #DC & #Chicago. A task force established by the #California state legislature recommended billions in reparations last year….
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Bynum, who will select the cmte members, has previously demurred on the idea of financial #reparations.
In 2020, he told #Tulsa-based TV station that distributing cash payments “divides the community on something that we really need to be united around.” Debate over compensation led to the cancellation of an event commemorating the bloodshed the next year.
On Thurs, Bynum said he wants the cmte to explore types of reparations beyond cash payments. -
The cmte’s creation was prompted by a 2023 report by the city that recommended more than a half-dozen types of #reparations. Descendants of victims & #Tulsa residents said #educational opportunities — #scholarships & #tuition assistance — & direct payments were the most crucial, acc/to the report.
The cmte, called the Beyond Apology Commission, will forge a plan for a #HousingEquity prgm meant to benefit survivors, their descendants & residents of North Tulsa… -
“Our fellow Tulsans were murdered, their homes & businesses torched, their bodies buried in unmarked graves so their loved ones couldn’t find them,” #Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum (R) said at a news conference Thurs. “And to this day, no one has ever been held to account for it. To call it an outrage does not do it #justice.”
#law #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #WhiteSupremacy #racism #SystemicRacism #GenerationalWealth #reparations
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The developments come after decades of debate over how — if at all — #reparations should be doled out to victims & their families for the #violence that has limited the economic advancement of generations of #Black Tulsans. During the 1921 massacre, a White mob destroyed #Greenwood, an all-Black community nicknamed #BlackWallStreet, leaving as many as 300 Black people dead & 10k homeless.
#justice #law #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre #WhiteSupremacy #racism #SystemicRacism #GenerationalWealth
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The announcement was followed by news that an #Oklahoma archaeology team had exhumed another set of human remains w/a gunshot wound—a haunting reminder of the mob #violence that ripped through 35 square blocks of what was once a wealthy #Black community. The remains were the 3rd set w/a gunshot wound discovered since scientists began excavating a cemetery in 2020 to identify the #TulsaRaceMassacre’s victims.
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A century after #TulsaRaceMassacre, city creates #reparations cmte
A commission will study how reparations could be made to victims of the 1921 #violence, & #Oklahoma archaeologists discover new sets of human remains. >1 century after one of the worst incidents of #RacialViolence in #US #history left scores of #Black people dead in #Tulsa, mayor announced the city will form a commission to study how reparations could be made to survivors & descendants.
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World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves
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Oklahoma identifies first victim in Tulsa race massacre mass grave https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/tulsa-race-massacre-graves #Tulsaracemassacre #Worldnews #Oklahoma #USnews
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"Le quartier de Greenwood lui, a été quasiment rasé par les incendies : 131 entreprises, plusieurs églises, une école et le seul hôpital qui accueillait des Noirs ont été réduits en cendres, ainsi que 1256 maisons. Plus de 10 000 personnes, quasiment toutes afro-américaines, se retrouvent à la rue."
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/tulsa-lieu-d-un-massacre-raciste-longtemps-passe-sous-silence-3074776
#Tulsa #MassacreDeTulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackWallStreet #BlackHistory #UShistory #SuprémacismeBlanc #EnCeJour -
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Kamala Harris Reams Out Florida's Plan to Teach Kids That Slavery Benefited Black People https://jezebel.com/kamala-harris-reams-out-floridas-plan-to-teach-kids-tha-1850664834 #Jezebel #lynchingintheunitedstates #tulsaracemassacre #geraldinethompson #rosewoodmassacre #atlantaraceriot #ocoeemassacre #kamalaharris #jeffsessions #ocoeeflorida #socialissues #mosesnorman #rondesantis #paulburns #ocoee #perry
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Oklahoma Superintendent Insists Tulsa Race Massacre Can Be Taught Without Mentioning Skin Color https://jezebel.com/oklahoma-superintendent-insists-tulsa-race-massacre-be-1850615161 #Jezebel #policebrutalityintheunitedstates #lynchingintheunitedstates #tulsareparationscoalition #whitenationalistterrorism #tulsametropolitanarea #buckcolbertfranklin #theblackwallstreet #tulsaracemassacre #tulsaoklahoma #socialissues #ryanwalters #rondesantis #oklahoma
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Oklahoma Superintendent Insists Tulsa Race Massacre Can Be Taught Without Mentioning Skin Color https://jezebel.com/oklahoma-superintendent-insists-tulsa-race-massacre-be-1850615161 #Jezebel #policebrutalityintheunitedstates #lynchingintheunitedstates #tulsareparationscoalition #whitenationalistterrorism #tulsametropolitanarea #buckcolbertfranklin #theblackwallstreet #tulsaracemassacre #tulsaoklahoma #socialissues #ryanwalters #rondesantis #oklahoma
