Uncovering the Greenwood Massacre, nearly a century later
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Published 2020-06-14
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All Comments (21)
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I’m going to be 50 years old in a month, I’ve studied history and have never heard of this before. WTF? We need to know way more regarding black history. I’m angry!
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I’m starting to believe that YouTube is the best college ever I have learn far more important history information on YouTube than the damn school I have ever attended in this life time of mine.
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Thank you 60 minutes for sharing this horrific story. I would have never have heard about this atrocity until now.
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America, your skirt is being lifted. Once the world finds out the WHOLE truth, you're in big trouble.
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I'm a 4th generation Tulsan and I had never heard of the massacre until my grandmother told me about it in the 70s. Shameful.
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I’ve learned nothing about American black history. Makes me feel stupid and angry
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Imagine going to war to fight for your country's freedom only to return home and be treated this way.
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The most humbling thought I have while watching this is that this was just one of many that happened across the country. A shameful past that we must teach if we are ever to heal.
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I'm 61 y/o & American history has always been my favorite subject to study. And even though somewhere I had briefly heard about Black Wall Street, I've never heard about this atrocity. We all think about the atrocities Hitler committed in Europe, but I ask you....are we, Americans, any better with this sinful stain in our history?
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My parents made a point of moving me to a "good" school district where they paid higher tax dollars. Still, I learned this on my own. When I asked about it in high school, I was told that it was neither true nor a part of our curriculum. I LOVE that this aired prior to the upcoming rally!
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Thank you 60 MInutes for making this available here. This needs to be in the history books.
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This story really needs to be shown and put in all history books .
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Spike Lee should make a film about this incident.
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I'm certain there are many more stories like this throughout America decades before.
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Thank you for educating me. I knew nothing about Greenwood. This is an EXTREMELY sad and horrifying story. I cried.
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I was born in Oklahoma and have/had a lot of family there. Some would have been alive at the time of the tragedy in Tulsa. I never heard anyone in my family talk about what happened there. I only learned about it as an adult. People who would tell me to forget about it because it happened a long time ago are the same people who would tell me to remember 9/11.
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I was 20 years old when I moved to Tulsa, OK in 1988. My habit, then and now, was to join a library in any new city I moved to, so I joined their downtown library. I was searching for books by Cheikh Anta Diop when I saw a book displayed in the "Librarian Recommended" section on the massacre of Black Wallstreet. That book changed my life.
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I have said it before, it continues to surprise me that the human race has gone on as long as it has.
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If this massacre doesn’t deserve financial reparations nothing does. If relatives can be found, the State of Oklahoma needs to pay up.
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I had never heard of this massacre until last week. Is appalling. The evilness people do is unbelievable! May those who were lost may they now rest in peace. Thank you 60 Minutes for this info and may those who live in northern Tulsa be strong and peaceful.
