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Candlelight vigil marks 100 years since Tulsa massacre

Start: 01 Jun 2021 03:31 GMT

End: 01 Jun 2021 04:30 GMT

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – A candelight vigil marks 100 years since a white mob killed and burned its way through the city’s Greenwood neighborhood in 1921, at the time one of the largest and wealthiest Black communities in the United States.

About 300 people died and more than 6,000 survivors and Black Tulsa residents were sent to internment camps and held, according to a Human Rights Watch.

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Source: NBC

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Location: United States

Topic: Crime / Law / Justice

Audio: Natural

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