Gold Rush! (1848)

Gold Rush! (1848)

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Reckoning With Racial Violence (Some Sunay Context)

This past week, we talked about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921. For today's "Sunday Context" episode we jump a couple generations ahead to the summer of 1967, when president Johnson convened the “Kerner Commission” to look into the roots of violence and unrest in America, largely in ...  Show more

Tulsa Massacre: Erasure (Part 2)

We continue our conversation about the 1921 race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a depiction of the descruction over two days, and how just as quickly the story of Tulsa got covered up.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis o ...  Show more

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