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DESCRIPTION:The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Historical Context\n\nProfessor Brenda E. 
 Stevenson of UCLA joins Tulsa scholars Karlos K. Hill and Hannibal Johnson 
 to discuss the history and significance of the massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma 
 in 1921.\n\nHosts: Department of African American Studies at UCLA & the 
 Hammer Museum LA\n\nDate and time: Tue, June 1, 2021 @ 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM 
 PDT\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-a-historical-context-tickets-156288104929\n\n\nProfessor 
 Brenda E. Stevenson moderates an online conversation with Karlos K. Hill 
 and Hannibal Johnson, both authors and experts on the 1921 Tulsa Race 
 Massacre, in which a white mob assaulted residents, looted, and destroyed 
 their homes, churches, schools, and businesses in the predominantly Black 
 neighborhood and business district of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. \n\nThe 
 panel discusses the history of Black migration to Oklahoma, the Jim Crow 
 realities of the early 20th century, the facts surrounding the Tulsa 
 massacre, and the immediate aftermath in which hundreds of Black Americans 
 were dead, homeless, or imprisoned, their families and financial lives 
 devastated.\n\n\nKarlos K. Hill \nAn associate professor and chair of the 
 Clara Luper Department of African and African-American Studies at the 
 University of Oklahoma, Hill is the founder and chair of the 1921 Tulsa 
 Race Massacre Commission. His most recent book is The 1921 Tulsa Race 
 Massacre: A Photographic History. \n\nHannibal Johnson\nAn attorney, 
 author, and highly regarded public historian, Johnson is the author of 
 Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with its Historical Racial 
 Trauma.\n___________________________________________________________\n\nBELOW: 
 Photo of aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when on "May 31, 1921, \nand 
 in the early morning hours of June 1, several thousand white citizens and 
 authorities violently attacked the African American Greenwood District of 
 Tulsa, Oklahoma" (wiki).\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842805.php
SUMMARY:The Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later: History and Modern Context
LOCATION:Online event
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842805.php
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