‘Don’t put me out here’: South Carolina cops allegedly left a Black woman in 28-degree temperatures before a drunk driver hit and killed her All she needed was somewhere safe to go. We Got This Covered · Oct 28
I drove the length of Mississippi – these are the spots you should visit on a road trip On a journey across the southern state, Annabel Grossman revels in the Delta blues, explores civil rights history and walks in the footsteps of rock and roll royalty The Independent UK · Oct 12
DOJ Calls Tulsa Race Massacre 'A Coordinated, Military-Style Attack' More Than 100 Years After Federal Report Blamed It on Black Men The DOJ's report on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre confirms it was a coordinated, military-style attack on Greenwood's Black community. Latin Times · Jan 11, 2025
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’ The Guardian - US · Jan 10, 2025
Last Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre Support Kamala Harris Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, endorse Kamala Harris for the 2024 election, emphasizing unity and rac... Top News · Nov 2, 2024
Cities Near Midland TX | Explore Cities & Towns Near Midland TX Midland, TX, situated in the heart of West Texas, serves as a pivotal hub for the region's oil and gas industry. inkl · Aug 19, 2024
Oklahoma supreme court dismisses lawsuit of Tulsa massacre survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, the last two survivors of 1921 events, sought to make city pay restitution The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024
A highway destroyed Tulsa’s thriving Black Wall Street – now there’s hope it could come back Decades after a chilling racist massacre, Tulsa’s Greenwood district was bulldozed for I-244 – a new plan aims to reverse its punishing effects The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2023
‘We will not go quietly’: Tulsa race massacre survivors vow appeal after years-in-the-making lawsuit dismissed Survivors of a cataclysmic white supremacist attack are not giving up a fight for justice after a devastating court decision, attorneys tell Alex Wododward The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023
Reparations lawsuit filed by last three known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed Thriving district of Greenwood was looted and burned by an angry mob in 1921 and never recovered The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2023
Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive - Roll Call Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the rate of rural hospital closures, but now some are struggling. Roll Call · May 24, 2023
Looking back at the massacre that destroyed Black Tulsa, and forward at efforts to rebuild NONFICTION: Victor Luckerson explores Oklahoma's violent past through one family's rise from the ashes in 'Built From the Fire.' Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023
Tulsa Race Massacre investigators say they've sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. WEKU · Apr 12, 2023
‘We have to be part of the solution’: building the Black Wall Streets of tomorrow How activists and visionaries across the nation are designing the new hubs of Black commerce The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2023
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022 Police, FBI plan update on deadly Indiana mall shooting Five months after a 20-year-old man fatally shot three people at a suburban Indianapolis mall, police and the FBI could shed light this week on the gunman’s motive
WEKU · Oct 21, 2022 Mississippi town with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue A Mississippi town with a Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager.
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till
Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022 COUNTERPOINT: Elisjsha Dicken is a hero Is Elisjsha Dicken a hero? It depends on whom you ask. The police chief in Greenwood, Indiana, thinks he is, as does the mayor. Even the property management company that owns the Greenwood Park Mall where Dicken killed an active shooter in July called his actions “heroic,” although Dicken violated…
Tribune News Service · Aug 18, 2022 POINT: Who are the real heroes? Calling the young man who shot a mass shooter at a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, in July a “hero” has deadly consequences. It’s not that the young man didn’t act heroically. He did. He was also lucky. It’s that calling him a hero is dangerous. Giving massive publicity to a…
Tribune News Service · Aug 18, 2022 COUNTERPOINT: Elisjsha Dicken is a hero Is Elisjsha Dicken a hero? It depends on whom you ask. The police chief in Greenwood, Indiana, thinks he is, as does the mayor. Even the property management company that owns the Greenwood Park Mall where Dicken killed an active shooter in July called his actions “heroic,” although Dicken violated…
Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022 John M. Crisp: A tale of 2 shootings Consider these two recent shootings:
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022 Greenwood mall shooting: Everything we know about suspected gunman Police have not yet named suspect or victims
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022 Police identify 20-year-old gunman in Indiana mall shooting that left four dead and two injured ‘His past incidents include offences as a juvenile such as a fight at school and being a juvenile runaway’, police chief says
Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022 Gunman kills three at Greenwood Park Mall in US state of Indiana The attacker’s identity and a motive for the attack were not immediately released.
Irish Mirror · Jul 18, 2022 Three dead after gunman opens fire on food court before being shot by 22-year-old bystander The man entered Greenwood Park Mall and began firing at the crowds before he was shot dead by a 22-year-old armed bystander, according to police