On this day 103 years ago the Tulsa Race Riots began, & would last days.
In this piece from "The Crisis" of the time, W. E. B. DuBois wrote:
"Do not forget Tulsa... Black Tulsa fights! It fights mobs with firearms..."
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I remember learning about this in a history class at FAMU, and more than ½ the kids (& me) being shocked. Google search & Wikipedia weren’t a thing yet, but the librarians were prepared. “Happens every semester.”