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The Night Tulsa Burned

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42min | Aired on Feb 19, 1999 | TV-14 V,L | CC |

By 1921, Tulsa’s Greenwood area was one of America's most affluent all-Black communities. But on June 1, in what became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs set it on fire, destroying homes and businesses and leaving dozens of people dead.

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