This week, we bring to light the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On May 31, 1921 Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting a White woman in an elevator in downtown Tulsa. At the height of the lynching era in the United States, the accusation fueled racial tensions already present in a city with a rising affluent Black community centered in the Greenwood district. The race massacre left 10,000 people homeless and killed around 300 people. Black business owners and citizens on "Black Wall Street" lost their wealth and homes in a two day affair that permanently stained American race relations. 

We talk about how this incident in American history gets left out of curricula nationwide and the sometimes difficult job it can be to wrestle with dark times in American history. Especially with HB 1775 passing in Oklahoma earlier this month and the 1776 Commission launched by former President Trump late last year, this issue about how and what should be taught in our schools remains pertinent.

Editor's note: While we talk about the necessity to be critical of our past, it is important to take a moment and express our sincere gratitude to those that have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation's freedom. This Memorial Day we thank all that have served this nation from its inception to today. Thank you.