On the morning of May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a thriving Black community . For Phoebe Stubblefield, a University of Florida forensic anthropologist whose parents were born and raised in Tulsa, the pogrom was personal. Before the turn of the 21st century, there was a culture of silence in Tulsa. Last February, Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum, a Republican, dismissed reparations as divisiveAnd just this month, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission ejected Oklahoma Republican Gov. North Tulsa, Black Tulsa, is still messed up today.

Source: CNN May 27, 2021 16:07 UTC