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the tulsa race massacre of the 20’s should be more widely taught in highschool history classes, especially in oklahoma
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Anonymous 33w

Over 54 (some records 500) people died. Shit is crazy

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Anonymous 33w

I didn't learn about the Tulsa riots until I was out of high school, and it was only because I bothered to read a related topic and came across it. I never watched the Tulsa show that referenced it but I remembered the Lovecraft County episode I caught once.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 33w

I really don’t understand how the discrepancy is so high for a semi modern event

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 33w

Fr, i mean to be fair, freedman’s birth records were just then starting to become important, they burned that whole city to the ground, and black people used to go missing all the time during that time Like most records involving black liberation. Most of the records were only preserved because the black community sought to remember it. We wouldn’t know about Fred Hampton murder if it wasn’t for the pregnant partner surviving

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 33w

It makes sense when you remember the casualties were primarily black people and the state government didn’t give a fuck if they died.

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