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#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/01/2021 #1

Armed security personnel stand in front of Vernon AME Church as people gather to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre in Tulsa, OK, May 29th, 2021.
One hundred years and they still need armed guards as a deterrent.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre #Massacre1921TulsaOK

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/03/2021 #1

Linda Porter of Birmingham, AL, kneels at a makeshift memorial of flowers for the Tulsa Race Massacre at stairs leading to a now empty lot near the historic Greenwood district during centennial commemorations of the massacre, Tuesday, June 1st, 2021, in Tulsa, OK. “We came to remember”, said Porter, who came to Tulsa for the centennial commemorations.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre #Massacre1921TulsaOK

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/06/2021 #1

Viola Fletcher, center, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, holds a rose she received as she arrives for a luncheon honoring survivors Saturday, May 29th, 2021, in Tulsa, OK.
She was only a few years old when this happened and I am a bit suspicious of the depth of her memories. And yet I’m sure seeing something so horrible would have some long lasting effect.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre #Massacre1921TulsaOK

MjL

#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/31/2022 #3

In 1921, a white race riot erupted in Tulsa, OK, as white mobs began looting and leveling the affluent black district of Greenwood over reports a black man had assaulted a white woman in an elevator; hundreds are believed to have been murdered. died. #Massacre1921TulsaOK
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