Today, Explained

The Tulsa massacre, 100 years later

Jun 1, 2021 · 25 min
0:00-25:57

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It was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history, but for a long time very few Americans learned what happened to the Black residents of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Guest host Jamil Smith explores why — and how — that’s changing.

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