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One of the worst incidents of racial violence in this country, the Tulsa Race Massacre, still remains unheard of by many Americans, even as the 100th anniversary passed earlier this week.
Witnesses kept its history from being burned along with much of the evidence of who participated in the attack community members in of the wealthiest black community in the United States at the time. Parrish published her first-hand account back in 1923. Now, hers – and dozens of others – have been published in a new book, "The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921."
Anneliese M. Bruner joins us to discuss events leading up to and the aftermath, including the complicity of officials, like the National Guard, which did nothing to protect residents.
- Writer and editor
- Great-granddaughter of Mary E. Jones Parrish
- Whose first-hand account – along with those of others – has been compiled and published in the new book, "The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921" (Trinity University Press)
For more information, visit PBS’s Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
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