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thegrio, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Massacre 1921
June 2, 2025
The plan would not provide direct cash payments to descendants or the last two survivors of the attack that nearly…
Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Department of Justice, theGrio.com
January 13, 2025
The 1921 attack on a thriving Black district left 300 people dead and roughly 1,200 homes, businesses, schools, and churches…
May 17, 2024
“North Tulsa remains a place of light and hope in the community," Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford testified at the hearing.
August 25, 2023
In his first year as head of Oklahoma's public schools, State Superintendent Ryan Walters has taken on what he describes…
Mother Randle and other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
November 11, 2022
"Mother" Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the 1921 massacre's last three survivors, celebrated her 108th birthday on Thursday.
Tulsa race massacre
November 3, 2022
Researchers have uncovered 21 additional graves in their search for the remains of victims from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Tulsa race massacre
October 26, 2022
The latest exhumations at Oaklawn Cemetery will be followed by another excavation for bodies' remains to gather more DNA.
Tulsa race massacre
September 15, 2022
Scientists plan to extract more DNA from recently reburied remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and search…
July 8, 2022
Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce President Sherry Gamble Smith and her husband were fatally shot at home Thursday.
May 20, 2022
The NAACP wants to stop future acts of anti-Black domestic terrorism using law enforcement, business regulation and gun control.
May 3, 2022
There's new hope for some measure of justice for three survivors of the deadly racist rampage who are now over…
January 19, 2022
Todd posted regrets for being "disgusting," but the megachurch pastor's viral moment continues to trend on social media.
Tulsa thegrio.com
December 18, 2021
A spokeswoman for the DOJ confirmed to theGrio that it has received a formal request for a federal investigation into…
Herman Cain thegrio.com
November 12, 2021
Former President Donald Trump previously said there were no 'negative effects' that stemmed from his rallies during the pandemic.
October 13, 2021
Maxine Waters is leading efforts to get reparations for Black descendants of the enslaved on Native American reservations, starting in…
September 25, 2021
“It's about our ability as a people to get redress and justice for things that we know have happened," Damario…
August 1, 2021
Protests took place on Friday outside of Oaklawn Cemetery, the Tulsa, Oklahoma site where bodies were exhumed last year.
Lorraine Graves thegrio.com
July 21, 2021
A Tulsa woman on the 'Most Wanted' list was arrested after commenting on a Facebook post by Tulsa police who…
Tulsa thegrio.com
June 10, 2021
A team of researchers in Oklahoma uncovered 27 coffins during a search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
Tulsa race riot
June 3, 2021
Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will be gifted $100,000 each on the heels of the 100-year commemoration.