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The 1921 Tulsa massacre A specific incident in U.S. history that exposes the hypocritical nature of the racist, imperialist U.S. government--and is rarely talked about--took place in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921. Before the righteous rebellions of the oppressed Black masses in Watts, Newark, Detroit and elsewhere in the late 1960s, there was the "Tulsa Race Riot of 1921." Never heard of it? A lot of people have not. Investigations begun in 1997 concluded that this "riot" could …

…the houses and businesses of Greenwood. Not one white person was ever arrested for taking part in this racist attack. The young white woman who Rowland supposedly attacked never pressed any charges against him. He was eventually released from jail. The truth about the Tulsa massacre should be publicly exposed. And the U.S. government should be made to pay reparations to the Black people of Tulsa and to all the living descendents of slaves.