September 30, 2018
Crime
Dick Rowland
race riot
Racism
rebuilding
reparations
Sarah Page
Danniella Villarreal
Overall very well written, I liked the ending. The racial riot in Tulsa was the first in US history and it certainly wasn’t the last. It is easy to follow and detailed events make the reader not want to stop reading. This is not uncommon in American history. It’s enraging how out of their way Tulsa went to try to erase these events from history.
21/02/2019
8:29 pm
Felicia Stewart
This piece was very well written and was very descriptive. I was not familiar with this topic previous to reading this article. You did a great job of going through the timeline of events, and I enjoyed what seemed to be flashbacks in the article as well. I think that this topic is one that many Americans try to hide and forget about, and it should not be that way. You writing this article is informing more people, like me, who were not previously aware of this situation.
26/02/2019
8:29 pm
Aracely Ortiz Soriano
I admire the author for writing this timeline in a way that the reader could follow with ease. It is interesting to read about this because they’re still, maybe not surprisingly, are racial riots happening in the US right now. I also find it surprising that this event is not talked about much, instead, history tends to focus on similar events that happen elsewhere.
12/03/2019
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Fatima Navarro
You would think we have learned from history, but we have not. Also, if these type of stories are not brought into history books, how can we learn? It has been many decades since the civil rights movement, since all of these protests happened. Yet, in this new era, we still see a lot of this news on a daily basis. I appreciate the way this article paced the writing and explained a timeline easy to understand. I hope all hate soon ends, and I also hope we are able to see that we are all brothers and sisters, regardless the color or religion.
17/03/2019
8:29 pm
Claudia Sanchez
How sad that they were attempting to cover up this great injustice after they caused so many African Americans to be injured and lose their property. It also is sad how bad racial tensions were at the time that this sinle event caused white americans to burn down a prosperous African American area. Glad that the author chose to tell this story though because those people to this dy have not gotten the justice they deserve.
20/03/2019
8:29 pm
Joshua Garza
I’m glad this article exists. I did not know about this certain event that took place here in america pre civil rights era. This may have very well been a hard influence on the civil rights movement. It is very unfortunate that still in today’s america these unfair things happen to citizens all over and is left without justice. Overall great article I thought it was interesting.
13/04/2019
8:29 pm
Kathryn Martinez
The Tulsa Race Riot is considered the worst incident of racial violence in American history but hardly anyone knows about it. Even when you google the riot and read about it through Wikipedia it states that there were only 36 deaths (according to 1921). Even now to this day the burning of Greenwood STILL goes unpaid. Despite a legal battle that wound its way to the Supreme Court last decade, the city and state governments have not paid reparations to the survivors of the 1921 attack or their families. It’s absolutely absurd that people try to not only avoid responsibility but also try to erase it as a whole.
01/09/2019
8:29 pm
Patricia Arechiga
Racism unfortunately has and will continue to be part of the American culture. This story really portrays the power of the media in regards to twisting a story to please one certain point of view. It is pretty upsetting that the assumption of rape was made due to the fact that the boy was an african american. Of course, the time period in which this event occurred sustained a certain portrayal on african americans and other minorities, but does not excuse the fact that there was an accusation of rape. What upset me the most was that the town tried to repurpose the land rather than restore it to the way it was prior to the riot. It’s upsetting to see how much effort and extremes the government is willing to take in order to hide a gruesome act just to sustain a certain image. Sadly, this can still be seen today with such measures continuing.
06/09/2019
8:29 pm
Shea Slusser
This article brings back a lot of unsettling memories of America’s racist past, and its very sad to hear such an innocent incident transform into a community wide riot, ultimately effecting lives and homes of African american citizens. I have never heard of this particular case, but this goes to show how poorly that community was treated back then, and our society from then to today as come a long way.
20/09/2019
8:29 pm
Matthew Swaykus
The racial riot in Tulsa was the first in US history and it certainly wasn’t the last. Unfortunately, the ideology of racial supremacy and widespread xenophobia has chronically plagued human history for hundreds of years. I was not surprised to read that Mr. Rowland was accused of rape, nor do I really believe that all those who participated in the riot truly cared. However, what astonishes the fact that this event isn’t subject to more historical attention. Curious how we remember atrocities committed in other countries, such as Kristallnacht in Nazi Occupied Germany, yet we fain forget the skeletons in our own closets.
31/01/2019
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