Descendants of survivors of Tulsa's 1921 race massacre seek justice as the nation confronts a racist past
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Vernon sits atop the only structure still standing after the 1921 race massacre left the once-prosperous black district burned to the ground and hundreds if not thousands of its residents homeless or dead.The weight of that legacy weighs heavily on Vernon A.M.E.
"'No one was ever accused, charged, convicted'Goodwin told CNN that although the massacre wasn't openly talked about or taught in schools in Tulsa for decades, the oral history of the massacre has been passed down through generations of her family. African Americans for years were afraid of speaking about the massacre for fear of retaliation, she said.
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