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In reply to the discussion: I never heard of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 until this week. [View all]ret5hd
(20,491 posts)20. Seems there MAY be some confusion here. Just to clarify,
if in fact there is any confusion, Juneteenth and the Tulsa Race Riot are two different things.
If there was no confusion, carry on and ignore this post.
Juneteenth: Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth;[2] also known as Freedom Day,[3] Jubilee Day,[4] Liberation Day[5], and Emancipation Day[6]) is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. Specifically, it commemorates Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were free.
The Tulsa race massacre (also called the Tulsa race riot, the Greenwood Massacre, or the Black Wall Street Massacre)[9][10][11][12][13][14] took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] It has been called "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history."[15] The attack, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the districtat that time the wealthiest black community in the United States, known as "Black Wall Street".
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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
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 stuff burns me up. So much inhuman cruelty towards us has been "disappeared"...
brush
Jun 2020
#22