Shame of the Nation: The 1921 Tulsa Massacre in Historical Context - CounterPunch.org

Shame of the Nation: The 1921 Tulsa Massacre in Historical Context - CounterPunch.org: With the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre upon us, I’ve heard a lot of discussion about it on shows like Democracy Now! but not as much detail as I would have liked on the background of this shameful episode in American history and exactly what triggered it. So, I decided to dig further myself, picking up a copy of journalist Tim Madigan’s, 2001 book, The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, re-released this year with a new afterward. More