Black Wall Street

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1. Before They Die

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2. Vintage footage

Somewhat duplicative

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3. Survivor Olivia Hooker

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4. Tulsa Race Riot

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5. Survivor Eldoris McCondichi

[Runningdawg]

6. Secret?

No.
I live in Tulsa, in the area where the riots occurred. Tulsans remember. Those of us that were too young to be there, heard the stories from out relatives who were there. You can see the results of this in the way Tulsa is today.
We had an officer involved "dirty" shoot last year. No riots, no further arrests. Citizens of Tulsa came together in peaceful protest.
Our diligence paid off. Within the last few weeks more than 1/2 the deputies and the Sheriff himself have been removed from office.
Tulsans demanded justice and we got it. We remember. We won't let it happen again.

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7. I'm glad to hear that: many things I should have learned, while growing up, seem to me to have been

carefully hushed up years before, and only recently have some come to light. Nobody ever told me about 1898 Wilmington or 1917 East St Louis or 1921 Tulsa, for example. Nobody told me about Sand Creek or the Coal Field Wars, either. And that's just scratching the surface. Vast stretches of US history simply vanish down the memory hole.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Now we know why it was hushed up. Because the blacks were WINNING....

The fear was other blacks would get word of it and rise up too.

That's a theme in the United States. The terror that white people have that they will be overthrown.

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9. .

For more exposure.

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10. It's not a secret if it isn't taught. That's called propaganda. n/t

[dougolat]

11. Thanks for this heavy dose of remedial education!

The insanity that plagued Rawanda, or China during the Cultural Revolution can be seen to have popped up in the good old USA, as well.