see My Dad in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnMLFHXhtbo
My Dad was a survivor of The Tulsa Massacre of 1921, the largest and most brutal incident of violence, destruction, and genocide of a Black community in the history of the United States.
My Dad was only 8 years old when his entire city, Greenwood, was burned to the ground after Blacks were placed in concentration camps while there homes were looted and torched. Importantly, Greenwood, known as the Black Wall Street, was a thriving, self-contained, proud, middle class metropolis with dozens of businesses, movie theaters, newspapers, hospitals, and places of worship. Many Blacks lived in nice homes with chandeliers and baby grand pianos. Segregation prohibited Blacks from doing business and socializing in Tulsa-so they created their own bustling infrastructure in nearby Greenwood.
On May 31, 1921, all that changed when a mob of 10,000 angry armed Whites descended on Greenwood invading homes and businesses and shooting all who resisted. The following day, bombs were dropped from WWI airplanes to complete the devastation leaving more than 10,000 Blacks homeless. Laws were then enacted to prevent them from rebuilding. They all, including my Dad's family, lived in small tents that next winter.
Here is the story:
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An 8-decade conspiracy of silence convinced all Tulsans-both Black and White-- from speaking of these atrocities until very recently. It was not even mentioned in the Tulsa newspaper the next day.
No one was ever punished for this crime against humanity!
Greenwood NEVER recovered!
This all happended after thousands of Black soldiers had just returned serving in WWI.
The Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2007 was filed in April 2007.
There are fewer than 50 survivors living including the great Dr. John Hope Franklin.
More videos:
KKK in the 1940s 5 million marched in DC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm2nVfkNSeE&NR=1KKK today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOhUfdL0ifM&NR=1
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