Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, can still remember a house engulfed in flames and the bodies stacked in truckbeds, one hundred years later: 'I was quite a little kid but I remember running and the soldiers were coming in.'
Texas' GOP lieutenant governor suggests Republicans only have themselves to blame for Democrats killing election billThe Russian military will form 20 new units in the country's west this year to counter what it claims is a growing threat from NATO. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement Monday at a meeting with top military officials.
But when she was about 16, her life took a turn when she began dating an abusive boyfriend, her sisters said. She would blame black eyes on soccer practice and once came home with an unexplained shoulder injury. Around that time, she also got hooked on opioids. She eventually dropped out of high school, and her relationship with her family became strained. In 2009, when she was 23, she was charged with felony drug possession.
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100 Years Later, a Tulsa Massacre Survivor Reflects on the Horror and Looks ForwardThis 106-year-old woman is seeking reparations for the 1921 tragedy.
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Not just Tulsa: Racist mobs were 'widespread and a constant concern' 100 years agoTulsa's anti-Black mob violence in 1921 was not the only tragedy of its kind. A look at tragedies that haven't gained the same recognition.
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Tulsa pastors honor 'holy ground' 100 years after massacreWhen white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa. On Sunday, First Baptist's current sanctuary throbbed with a high-decibel service as six congregations gathered to mark the centennial of the massacre and to honor the persistence of the Black church tradition in Greenwood, as shown in the pulsing worship, call-and-response preaching and heavy emphasis on social justice. Greenwood is “holy ground,” said the Rev. John Faison of Nashville, Tennessee, who preached at the service and is assistant to the bishop of social action for the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship.
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