Why Americans don’t learn about Tulsa, or Juneteenth

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Michele Norris on what happened in Tulsa — and why Americans don’t learn this history in school. Nicole Ellis on the history of Juneteenth. And Taylor Turner talks about her personal connection to the holiday.

Opinion: The diabolical irony of Trump in Tulsa.

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What Juneteenth tells us about the value of black life in America.

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0:00.0	This Post Reports podcast is brought to you by Facebook.
0:07.4	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:10.8	Washington Post is Kolby.
0:15.5	Hi, Stephanie McCreman from the Washington Post.
0:18.1	This is Post Reports.
0:19.8	I'm Martine Powers.
0:23.6	It's Friday, June 19th.
0:26.9	Today, two histories that many Americans don't know.
0:30.9	The massacre in Tulsa and why we celebrate Juneteenth.
0:39.9	From May 31st to June 1st, 1921, 99 years ago,
0:44.9	a 35 block portion of the city called Greenwood, Tulsa,
0:50.9	was basically wiped off the map.
0:56.9	Greenwood was very well known at that time
1:00.9	because it was called the Black Wall Street.
1:02.9	It was an extremely prosperous community.
1:05.9	Tulsa was a boom town because of oil.
1:08.9	It was an area where the black community
1:11.9	had created thriving businesses.
1:13.9	And there was some resentment about that
1:16.9	because people were living quite well,
1:18.9	living better than many white families were in the area.
1:23.9	And then what happened over those two days
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