KMUD News: A Juneteenth Special from Black Wall Street
In place of tonight’s regular newscast, KMUD is sharing a special Juneteenth report.
In June 2020, KMUD's Lauren Schmitt was in Tulsa, Oklahoma — the home of Black Wall Street and the site of one of the most atrocious race massacres in U.S. history: the Tulsa Massacre. At that time, the city was both celebrating the Juneteenth freedom holiday and bracing for what was to come. Then-President Donald Trump had scheduled his first campaign rally since the COVID-19 outbreak — set to take place in Tulsa, during the near-centennial of the massacre, and on the very day the nation honors Black…
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