National civil rights leaders join local faith leaders outside the Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was largely destroyed when a white mob descended on Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood.
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How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered
Even this year, with the 100th anniversary being recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many.
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Black fear of Tulsa police lingers 100 years after massacre
While progess has been made, 46 percent of Black Tulsans say they trust the department ‘not at all’ or ‘not much.’
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Republican lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism
At least 16 states consider or sign bills opposing critical race theory, which seeks to reframe the narrative of U.S. history.
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Tacoma police officers face charges in restraint death of Black man
The death in March 2020 made Manuel Ellis’ name synonymous with pleas for justice at protests in the Pacific Northwest.
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More Americans believe anti-Asian hate is getting worse, poll finds
A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became the target of attacks after being unfairly blamed for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Artists and activists gather in Portland to mark anniversary of George Floyd’s death
The event was held on Congress Street to memorialize Floyd, the Black man whose murder by a white Minneapolis police officer touched off a year of racial reckoning.
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Our View: A police killing that changed history
A new generation of activists emerged after George Floyd’s murder.
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Top officer in Black man’s fatal arrest withheld body camera video
In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the 2019 death of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene denied the existence of his own body camera video until the footage emerged last month.
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George Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds
At least 17 states have prohibited or severely limited the use of chokeholds and neck restraints by police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.