FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK WALL ST. AND TULSA RACE MASSACRE!

The Tulsa Race Massacre was 100 years ago. But it's not too late to pay reparations...Time has not and will not heal these wounds. The only way to truly move forward is to tackle the darkness of our past head on.......Tuesday marks 100 years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — an act of city-sanctioned white violence that murdered up to 300 Black men, women and children, destroyed the Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and then was erased from history.......Before a white mob tore into Greenwood, it was a safe haven for Black people to live and thrive. It was known as Black Wall Street — a testament to its cultural, social and economic strength.

My grandfather Raymond Beard Sr. and great-aunt and great-uncle, Mary and Matthew Beard, lived and worked in Greenwood. Thankfully, they survived the massacre, but they didn't escape unscathed. My family's home and laundry business were burned to ashes.