Confronting the Past
- Author
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published
- Wed 09 Nov 2016
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=gid%3A%2F%2Fart19-episode-locator%2FV0%2FouvjQsTeehlm57_GPMfBfi_YBQaWvBxD9WZk5um3pG8&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.si.edu%2FSmithsonianSidedoor
A 1921 riot destroyed almost 40 blocks of a wealthy black neighborhood in North Tulsa, Oklahoma. No one knows how many people died, no one was ever convicted and no one really talked about it until a decade ago. This is the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre and why it's important that you know it.
