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I hired my 13-year-old cousin to be a research assistant on my book. He's now a high school senior. We talked about all that he learned about race in…
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After five years of research, I’m publishing my chronicle of the neighborhood that refused, more than once, to be erased
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August 2022

Gray hairs and great expectations
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March 2022

A popular gambling pastime known as the policy wheel dominated the economy of Depression-era Greenwood. Because it was criminalized, it also spawned…
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February 2022

On the dangers of allowing historical figures to become symbols and sedatives
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When the Great Depression gripped Tulsa in the early 1930’s, it squeezed black women the hardest
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October 2021

A slightly new philosophy for Run It Back
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June 2021

Remembrance helps individuals process trauma, but government officials should only engage in it if they're also willing to do the hard work of repair
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May 2021

As an avalanche of commemoration events begin in Greenwood, the people who survived the attack await tangible forms of justice
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April 2021

In 1925 Greenwood welcomed the nation's leading black entrepreneurs for a lavish convention to prove that the massacre had not destroyed their spirit.
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Greenwood was not the only prosperous black business district in the early 20th century--not by a longshot
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March 2021

A brief intermission
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