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spicysista

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18. Exactly!

Reply to brush (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:03 PM

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I never heard of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 until this week. [View all] milestogo Jun 2020 OP

I read about it when the Tulsa Race Riot Commission issued a report in 2001 grantcart Jun 2020 #1

PBS has a good documentary shanti Jun 2020 #2

Looks like you have to donate in order to see full episode. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #11

Seems like PBS shanti Jun 2020 #12

I agree. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #13

Found this on YouTube: WhiskeyWulf Jun 2020 #28

Thank you! Nevilledog Jun 2020 #31

I learned about it about 20 years ago when a black friend said "Happy Juneteenth" & I had no idea Pachamama Jun 2020 #3

I heard of it for the first time from news articles referring to the HBO Show The Watchmen JonLP24 Jun 2020 #4

Yes, me, & I'm ashamed to have to admit I never heard even a hit of something like that happening. napi21 Jun 2020 #5

I lived in Tulsa for several years TlalocW Jun 2020 #6

I didn't know about it... stillcool Jun 2020 #7

A total shock for me, I never heard of it and I thought I knew about racist America. katmondoo Jun 2020 #8

It wasn't the only one, in fact it was almost the norm towards black towns which prospered... brush Jun 2020 #9

THIS malaise Jun 2020 #10

Exactly! spicysista Jun 2020 #18

This stuff burns me up. So much inhuman cruelty towards us has been "disappeared"... brush Jun 2020 #22

Of course! spicysista Jun 2020 #23

I am, and you do the same as the virus is not the only thing we have to deal with. brush Jun 2020 #24

👍 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #26

I learned about Juneteenth on DU. Last year I watched a PBS documentary... SMC22307 Jun 2020 #14

I didn't know about it until I saw Watchmen. Initech Jun 2020 #15

This sweetloukillbot Jun 2020 #16

For anyone interested, Black Wall Street (Durham, North Carolina). SMC22307 Jun 2020 #17

The History Channel has a good documentary. spicysista Jun 2020 #19

Seems there MAY be some confusion here. Just to clarify, ret5hd Jun 2020 #20

Yes, I could see that in some of the responses. milestogo Jun 2020 #30

It was 1968, MLK had been recently killed, I was in college sanatanadharma Jun 2020 #21

I've often wondered what would happen if whites from America... roamer65 Jun 2020 #25

The US did something to stop it, that's what. Why wonder? Just read history. Igel Jun 2020 #33

I have known about it for many years. PTWB Jun 2020 #27

I am ashamed to admit I have only learned of it recently. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #29

I don't know for sure how long i've known about it ibegurpard Jun 2020 #32

I heard about it 2 decades ago wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #34

I just learned about it last year. mantis49 Jun 2020 #35

NBA superstar Russell Westbrook is producing a docuseries about it... blitzen Jun 2020 #36