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Blindspot: Tulsa Burning

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Created October 06, 2021

Updated November 15, 2021

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  1. Blindspot
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    Introducing Blindspot: Tulsa Burning

    1May 21st, 20211m
    On May 31, 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma was a thriving city within a city -- a symbol of pride, success and wealth. The next morning, it was ashes. What happened remained a secret for almost a century.Voices featured in this
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    The Past Is Present

    1May 28th, 202135m
    This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language.On May 31, 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District was a thriving Black residential and business community — a city within a city. By June 1, a white mob
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    The Rise of Greenwood

    1Jun 4th, 202135m 14s
    The people beyond Greenwood’s borders ensured that the neighborhood could not prosper for long. To understand how and why, we travel back to the Trail of Tears and the forced resettlement of five Native American tribes. We examine the racist la
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    The Two Wars

    1Jun 11th, 202139m 11s
    This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language.When the U.S. entered World War I, W.E.B. DuBois and Tulsa lawyer B.C. Franklin saw a rare opportunity: Black Americans serving in the military might finall
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    The Attack

    1Jun 18th, 202139m 38s
    This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence and racially offensive language.Over two days — May 31 and June 1, 1921 — a mob of white attackers systematically looted Greenwood and burned it to the ground. Estimates vary, but reports
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    The Body

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    11Jun 25th, 202131m 34s
    This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence.Ignored, erased, silenced… But Greenwood’s trauma from 1921 persists. Resmaa Menakem — a therapist and expert on healing from conflict and violence — explains how generations of people pas
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    The Lesson

    1Jul 2nd, 202133m 22s
    The centennial of the massacre attracted international coverage; camera crews, T-shirt vendors, and even a visit from President Joe Biden. It seemed as though all this attention might ensure that history finally, would never be forgotten. But a
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