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'Memory as an act of resistance:' Remembering Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher
MSNBC· 2025-11-30 19:09
For many years, the single worst incident of racial violence in the US went largely unknown and untaught. In 1921, a local newspaper ran a sensationalized report about a black teenager assaulting a white woman in an elevator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This triggered the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.A white racist mob attacked the Greenwood district, which was a thriving black community. The violence and bloodshed lasted for two days and 300 black Americans were killed. Homes were burned and looted.Thousands were displ ...
Whitewashing history? Trump says there's too much museum focus on 'how bad slavery was'
MSNBC· 2025-08-20 20:42
President Trump is blasting the world's largest museum complex as he pushes for a rewrite of American history. Posting on Truth Social, quote, "The Smithsonian is out of control, where everything is everything discussed is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been. Nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future." A top-down review of the Smithsonian's exhibits, collections, and internal processes is already underway. Now, a ...