The Tulsa Race Massacre happened one hundred years ago.
Here are teaching and learning resources. I’m adding this list to “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism.
The Massacre Of Black Wall Street is a short online graphic novel The Watchmen television show did with the Atlantic marketing team. As fans of the show know, the Tulsa massacre opens the series and is a driving theme throughout its episodes.
Teaching Tolerance has a lesson plan.
Oklahoma will finally teach the Tulsa Race Massacre in its schools is from The Hill.
The Tulsa Race Massacre is from the History Channel.
May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre is from The Zinn Education Project.
Human Rights Watch calls for Tulsa Race Massacre reparations a century after violence is from The Washington Post.
Such an important topic. I would add this resource to the list. From @drn0well https://t.co/AqFzBbv5xn
— Molly Myers (@mollyannmyers) May 31, 2020
Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Explained is from Teen Vogue.
After an estimated hundreds of black Tulsa residents were massacred in 1921, no arrests were made and there’s never been a complete count of the dead. The nameless were buried in unmarked graves while their families were locked down in internment camps. https://t.co/B4Z6aOCrGR pic.twitter.com/llf0rzCeXt
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) June 14, 2020
Tulsa continues to struggle with issues of racism and unnecessary police force @abbydphillip reports pic.twitter.com/WyMc2AEjuE
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 15, 2020
President Trump has said his plan for race relations is a good economy. But here in Tulsa, black folks disagree:
“You had wealthy folks in Tulsa at the time…So their wealth did not protect them from racism. Nor would anyone’s wealth today.” https://t.co/eGgDYAjWji— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 18, 2020
Tulsa’s story remains unheard by many Americans. In Oklahoma, we’ve worked hard & continue to work hard to tell that story. To learn more about Tulsa & #BlackWallStreet, feel free to use the curriculum put together by the Commission at https://t.co/WhnnfzljRt. https://t.co/bmBLOjePBf
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) June 19, 2020
TULSA, Okla. — “In a city that has become known as a landmark to black pain, Friday was a day for black joy.” -Whew, that’s a lede from @AsteadWesley
Black Tulsans, With a Defiant Juneteenth Celebration, Send a Message to Trump https://t.co/GcY4RbTjWB
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) June 19, 2020
Opinion | The Tulsa Race Massacre, Revisited – The New York Times https://t.co/446YSzAZa6
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 19, 2020
Tulsa and the Many Sins of Racism is by Paul Krugman.
As many as 300 people were killed in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a thriving black community, and burned it to the ground. Here is what you should know about the racist killings, and what happened afterward. https://t.co/3QDLJrJanc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 20, 2020
21 Heartbreaking Pictures From The Aftermath Of The Tulsa Massacre
The Haunting of Tulsa, Okla. is from The NY Times.
The 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION has several lesson plans.
Tulsa Objects in the NMAAHC Collection is from The Smithsonian.
Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma was ousted from a commission set up to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, just days after he signed legislation that banned the teaching of certain concepts about race. https://t.co/YayEhkQB4q
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2021
Reparations bill for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors introduced in Congress https://t.co/rL1RhK8H3Q
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 22, 2021
See this NY Times interactive showing what the race massacre destroyed.
Greenwood, 1921: One of the worst race massacres in American history is from 60 Minutes.
Teaching About the Tulsa Race Massacre With The New York Times is from The NY Times Learning Network.
For the past 17 months, a group of WSJ’s Black journalists, along with other journalists of color worked on a series of 9 stories examining the economic ramifications of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
I’m extremely proud to share our work. (outside the paywall) https://t.co/oujuQb1r5i— Kimberly S. Johnson (@KimberlyReports) May 29, 2021
Tensions erupt in Tulsa as city commemorates 1921 race massacre https://t.co/lLFQHJClSZ
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 29, 2021
My great-grandmother survived the 1921 Tulsa massacre. We’re not heeding her history is from CNN.
Would you describe the authors and editors of this newspaper racist? Why or why not? What was the impact of their words and actions? What conversations would have been important to have with them while they were students? How were their educators complicit? https://t.co/5UIACC9OuU
— Val Brown (@ValeriaBrownEdu) May 30, 2021
This weekend, people in Tulsa, Oklahoma began marking a grim milestone: 100 years since a murderous white mob razed a Black paradise — the Greenwood district aka Black Wall Street. (A thread.)
Here’s the @AP’s package on the Tulsa Race Massacre. https://t.co/tNhckXLvro
— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) May 29, 2021
Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America is from CNN.
“…the Black Tulsans who preserved the community’s history risk being forgotten, particularly the women who did the foundational heavy lifting.” Preserving the Story of the Tulsa Race Massacre https://t.co/LayNEEoOij
— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) May 31, 2021
POTUS proclamation on eve of 100th anniversary of Tulsa, urges reflection on “deep roots of racial terror.”
“The Federal Government must reckon with and acknowledge the role that it has played in stripping wealth and opportunity from Black communities.”https://t.co/qbufz6TeID
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 31, 2021
Note to teachers: A Lesson Plan for the Tulsa Race Massacre – The New York Times https://t.co/AeZM5FTKy4
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) May 31, 2021
With @SandyDarity I wrote about how these erased massacres were attempts to rob Black people of wealth and income and criminalize them for daring to be full members of the economy. Eliane, Arkansas in 1919 is one example. https://t.co/ZMdbWdbWdr
— Dr. Trevon D Logan (@TrevonDLogan) May 30, 2021
Teachers, here is new resource from @PBS @WNETEducation on the Tulsa Massacre. In addition to clips from the new documentary, Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, there are discussion questions, and resources to pair with the film. https://t.co/ao3WOpBFHC
— Joe Schmidt (@HSGlobalHistory) May 31, 2021
Pres Biden in Tulsa: "We can't just choose to learn what we want to know and not what we should know."
*Crowd applauded*
He added, "We should know the good, the bad, everything. That's what great nation do. They come to terms with their dark sides. And we're a great nation."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 1, 2021
Necessary reading.
Tulsa isn’t the only race massacre you were never taught in school. Here are others.https://t.co/k3OCZ7x2sO
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 1, 2021
100 yrs after Tulsa Massacre
“If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. If you take it all out that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They havent even begun to take it out. They wont even admit the knife is there.”pic.twitter.com/46b3MfzlZ4
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 1, 2021
The Tulsa Massacre was 100 yrs ago but racists use the same 3 strategies
– Propagate a “Big Lie” to stir up white rage & white hate.
– Abuse administrative powers to inflict harm & legalize injustice.
– Create a false revisionist narrative of history.https://t.co/R9bfIY9hvh
— LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown) June 1, 2021
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