The Tulsa race massacre 100 years later
A white mob attacked Black residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district in 1921. Danya Bacchus takes a look back at what was lost and also shares her family's ties to the deadly tragedy.
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A white mob attacked Black residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district in 1921. Danya Bacchus takes a look back at what was lost and also shares her family's ties to the deadly tragedy.
A new documentary explores the history and family stories of the Tulsa race massacre. Nailah Jefferson, the director of "Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street," and Byron Crenshaw, who is featured in the film, joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero to talk about it.
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A team of scholars is in the process of excavating grounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in hopes of better documenting the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Phoebe Stubblefield, Ph.D., a University of Florida forensic anthropologist leading the excavation project, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the significance of the project and what it means for the victims' families.
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