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Ligyron

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8. Good Gawd, I thought the last 2 paragraphs were fictional like the Watchmen series above.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 06:37 AM

Oct 2019

At first look I mean.

Then it became clear that no, this was something else altogether and how the hell is it that I, along with millions of other Americans, had never even heard of it? Ever. Not even a mere whisper concerning this horror.

Disgraceful.

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White Folks "Embarrassed to Admit" They Just Learned About Tulsa From "Watchmen" [View all] Recursion Oct 2019 OP

Greenwood Massacre Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 #1

Grew up in Tulsa, HS grad in 57. Zero mention. Grandma told me a bit. bobbieinok Oct 2019 #2

Haven't seen the movie, but the numbers are wrong. yellerpup Oct 2019 #3

Please do tell us the correct numbers...asking for a friend. abqtommy Oct 2019 #4

They are still looking for mass graves. yellerpup Oct 2019 #7

Short of finding the burial we'll probably never know the full count Recursion Oct 2019 #10

They firebombed 35 Sq, blocks of housing yellerpup Oct 2019 #13

Thanks for the estimate, even if the facts are incomplete. When a person says "the numbers abqtommy Oct 2019 #17

Hard to Quantify negromiconomics Oct 2019 #11

In my research yellerpup Oct 2019 #14

I misread that and thought it said Tulsi. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #5

Kicking this. calimary Oct 2019 #6

Good Gawd, I thought the last 2 paragraphs were fictional like the Watchmen series above. Ligyron Oct 2019 #8

Easy to miss but not invisible negromiconomics Oct 2019 #12

Being from Fl myself, I heard of this outrage. Ligyron Oct 2019 #18

This is why the push for decades BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #15

Many schools don't teach about these types of atrocities in US history IronLionZion Oct 2019 #9

+10000 Pachamama Oct 2019 #16