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Tue Dec 17, 2019, 08:52 PM

Dec 2019

Snip--"We are actively pursuing the truth on this, wherever it leads us, in a transparent way,” Bynum said. “The sad reality is that the better part of a century went by in which the people of Tulsa didn’t want to talk about this. People actively worked to cover it up … and very nearly succeeded.”

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Source--https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/racemassacre/a--by---foot-pit-scientists-find-reason/article_a5d54061-e19e-5e2d-9b15-2420d847baa8.html

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The Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa, and the gravesites [View all] irisblue Dec 2019 OP

Whitewashed history indeed. irisblue Dec 2019 #2

It was certainly never mentioned in history class 5X Dec 2019 #3

It's getting attention now because of "Watchmen" sweetloukillbot Dec 2019 #4

I remember learning about this in the early 2000s irisblue Dec 2019 #6

Yes, they did a good job because I think stories we tell Kind of Blue Dec 2019 #7

That show blew my mind sweetloukillbot Dec 2019 #8

Second story irisblue Dec 2019 #5