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Tulsa OK 1921: US Government Bombs US City
National Guard troops patrolling the streets armed. Thousands of black people held in a convention center. Hundreds of black dead, with bodies piled like wood. That was not New Orleans, that was Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1921.On May 30, 1921 a young black man named Dick Rowland, stumbled into a white woman, while entering an elevator. He was accused of assault, and arrested the next day. Newly rich from oil Tulsa, was a Ku Klux Klan town. Rowland was sentenced to be hanged. The Tulsa Tribune called for a “Negro lynching tonight.”The white mob was surprised when they were met by several dozen armed black men, dressed in their World War I uniforms. This led to a racist three day destruction of the black neighborhood of Greenwood. The Red Cross reported 300 mostly dead black people.Greenwood called “Little Africa,” was a relatively wealthy community. White mobs, many deputized, destroyed every house, store, church or school. The mob met resistance from an armed black population. Governor Robertson declared martial law. The National Guard arrived with machine gun mounted trucks, and airplanes hovering over Greenwood. It was the first time an American city was bombed from the air, by the US government.Over 6,000 black people, were round up and held in the convention center and fairgrounds, as long as eight days. The homeless were shuttled into a tent city, where typhoid and malnutrition took over. Blacks were allowed out of the convention center, with a tag, with an employers name. Thosands fled the city.Attempts to turn Greenwood into an industrial zone were unsuccessful. For several years, it was deprived of paved streets, running water, and garbage collection.See: Tulsa Reparations Coalition and thank you to Internationalist Group for presenting this story in your newspaper.
RENEGADE EYE
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When people think about racism and acts of violence in America, they’ll think about it being concentrated in the South and maybe they’ll even limit it to stopping at the ’50s or ’60s. But this crime happened and continues to happen in other places across America and to other ethnic minorities too. Maybe not on the same scale, but that ideology still exists. (If anyone is interested, one good source is Sundown Towns by James Loewen.) It’s disturbing how this part of our history is something people want to forget or not talk about. This happened. It still happens.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdezyOLeN1r6qnz0o1_1280.jpg)
Tulsa OK 1921: US Government Bombs US City
National Guard troops patrolling the streets armed. Thousands of black people held in a convention center. Hundreds of black dead, with bodies piled like wood. That was not New Orleans, that was Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1921.
On May 30, 1921 a young black man named Dick Rowland, stumbled into a white woman, while entering an elevator. He was accused of assault, and arrested the next day. Newly rich from oil Tulsa, was a Ku Klux Klan town. Rowland was sentenced to be hanged. The Tulsa Tribune called for a “Negro lynching tonight.”
The white mob was surprised when they were met by several dozen armed black men, dressed in their World War I uniforms. This led to a racist three day destruction of the black neighborhood of Greenwood. The Red Cross reported 300 mostly dead black people.
Greenwood called “Little Africa,” was a relatively wealthy community. White mobs, many deputized, destroyed every house, store, church or school. The mob met resistance from an armed black population. Governor Robertson declared martial law. The National Guard arrived with machine gun mounted trucks, and airplanes hovering over Greenwood. It was the first time an American city was bombed from the air, by the US government.
Over 6,000 black people, were round up and held in the convention center and fairgrounds, as long as eight days. The homeless were shuttled into a tent city, where typhoid and malnutrition took over. Blacks were allowed out of the convention center, with a tag, with an employers name. Thosands fled the city.
Attempts to turn Greenwood into an industrial zone were unsuccessful. For several years, it was deprived of paved streets, running water, and garbage collection.
See: Tulsa Reparations Coalition and thank you to Internationalist Group for presenting this story in your newspaper.RENEGADE EYE
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When people think about racism and acts of violence in America, they’ll think about it being concentrated in the South and maybe they’ll even limit it to stopping at the ’50s or ’60s. But this crime happened and continues to happen in other places across America and to other ethnic minorities too. Maybe not on the same scale, but that ideology still exists. (If anyone is interested, one good source is Sundown Towns by James Loewen.) It’s disturbing how this part of our history is something people want to forget or not talk about. This happened. It still happens.
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Austin police investigate reports of racially motivated ‘bleach bomb’ attacks near University of Texas
“It is people of color they are attacking in West Campus,” Carr told The Horn. “Until we put pressure on the university to [protect] us, these events are going to keep happening.”
School officials say they are taking the new allegations very seriously.
“The last thing in today’s world that anyone wants is any racial issues on campus or anywhere,” Dahlstrom told the Statesman. “I hope students are above that … [but] I am not naive to think there are not some issues.”
UT Austin’s Greek community has faced criticism recently for hosting ethnically themed parties some found offensive. Two large sororities apologized recently for hosting a “Fiesta” party in which some partygoers wore shirts that read “Illegal” and “Border Patrol.”
Jaysen Runnels, an African-American student, told KVUE-TV that he was hit twice by bleach balloons while walking near campus.
He doesn’t think he was a random target.
Read more
HEY GUYS i GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND LIKE ASIAN AND BLACK STUDENTS ARE BEING TARGETED. I LIVE IN WEST CAMPUS BY THE WAY
WHY ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKING THIS POST REBLOG IT, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW UT AUSTIN HAS RACIST STUDENTS IN IT DOING VERY RACIST THINGS AND THE SCHOOL IS CHOOSING TO NOT TO DO MUCH ABOUT IT
god fuck racist frat culture](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbm1bboBRK1rofb6to1_1280.jpg)
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[TW FOR MURDER, GUN VIOLENCE, RACISM]
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ashkashh:
My cousin Nolan “Ryan” Henderson, he was killed this past weekend. On Sunday March 25, 2012. He accidently bumped into a football player they threw him in the pool and jumped him then they shot him in the face and left him there to die. Why? What was the reason. The cops are not questioning the football players at all. Me and my family will not stop until we get justice for his death. Please Pleasee reblog this and help me and my family out i really need this. #JusticeForRyan #JusticeForRyan #JusticeForRyan. Rest In Peace Ryan, ILOVEYou
YOU GUYS PLEASE REBLOG!!! MY FIANCE’S FAMILY NEEDS JUSTICE FOR RYAN!!
The hell is wrong with people today? This is so fucking tragic.
Uh… what the hell…
Wow… RIP young brother.
Atlanta. Chicago. El Cajon. The recent verdict in Baton Rouge. The recent verdict in Mississippi. And now Ryan, wherever he is. That’s six — this week alone. Trayvon was NOT an isolated incident.
Aren’t you seeing a pattern yet?
How can anyone keep calling them isolated incidents?
These unarmed people had lives and families, and they are gone now.
People of Color are killed pretty much anytime we get in somebody’s way or on somebody’s nerves. Or just for fun.
I read recently that evidence regarding the El Cajon murder may point to family violence or honor killing. Regardless, I haven’t heard of Nolan Ryan Henderson’s murder until now and it was only last month that I knew about Trayvon Martin.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ivzbyqrz1qd8n3co1_500.jpg)
