90 Years After a Bloody Race Riot, Tulsa Confronts Its Past

onefan51, I read about this a couple of months ago. Someone posted an article on it and it was the first time that I had heard of this. Amazing that it could be hidden for so long. Also very sad.

There were some whites that hid Blacks in their basements to escape the carnage..Thank goodness that some people had conscious and the courage to do that.

Thanks for the post.

This is a great article, onefan51. I'd never heard of the riot. And In Tulsa? Wow!

It's time to talk about it, for God's sake. Sometimes I think that whether people are conscious of it or not, they would like to wait it out--til everybody dies. It's shame because it can be too late to explore the pain, anger, and fear of something on this scale. For the people who don't want to hear it, it might be the very thing they'll think of on their death beds.

I hope they all get it together for the sake of everyone.

If you don't mind, I'd like to clip it to a group I created last night:

http://civilrightshistory.newsvine.com/

If y'all want to join, you'll know where to find me. :-)

Such a sad story. Even sadder is the apathy toward righting the wrong done to the surviving victims. The government didn't do anything then and they're not doing anything now.