Tulsa Race Massacre – Billie's Back Porch

July 9, 2021

Beyond Tulsa, Overlooked Race Massacres Draw New Focus

Efforts to teach the histories are gaining momentum even as some states try to limit how racism is discussed in schools. By Mike Ives June 29, 2021 The Elaine massacre of 1919 is believed to be the deadliest episode of racial violence in Arkansas history. But when the historian Brian Mitchell began researching it a few years…

November 6, 2020

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street burned. These artists have a new vision (audio).

October 29, 2020 By Jessica Mendoza Multimedia reporter; Samantha Laine Perfas Story Team Leader [This is one of a series of articles/podcasts in the Christian Science Monitor.] As Tulsa, Oklahoma, gears up to commemorate the 1921 race massacre, a new generation of Tulsans are finding ways to make the story of Black Wall Street their own. What can the country…