Showing posts with label As Survivors Dwindle. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

As Survivors Dwindle, Tulsa Confronts Past

TULSA, Okla. — With their guns firing, a mob of white men charged across the train tracks that cut a racial border through this city. A 4-year-old boy named Wess Young fled into the darkness with his mother and sister in search of safety, returning the next day to discover that their once-thriving black community had burned to the ground.