One Hundred Years After the Tulsa Massacre, Reparations Are Long Overdue

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan One hundred years ago, Tulsa Oklahoma’s thriving African American neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street” was burned to the ground by a white mob. This anniversary falls just a week after the first anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The two dates fall on a timeline of terror that we as a society can no longer tolerate. Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET. Follow Democracy Now! on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, SoundCloud and iTunes.