After generations of determined public silence on the massacre -- long dismissed by white Tulsans dismissively as a race "riot" -- black and white Tulsans are increasingly trying to tell the story of Black Wall Street, including its fiery and deadly ending.
Teaching about the massacre is being added by state and city school standards, so that this fall third graders will learn about it. (I think third grade is a bit young, though.) Even preschoolers in some districts are being told about -- not about how it ended, but what it was, said Danielle Neves, deputy chief of academics for Tulsa public schools.
"Four-year-olds can understand that people like them once owned movie theaters and hotels and had a thriving community," Neves said.
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