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How a highway in Tulsa displaced and dispossessed Black residents

How a highway in Tulsa displaced and dispossessed Black residents

Update: 2025-05-20
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In yesterday's podcast, we brought you the history of how a white mob devastated Tulsa's Greenwood District during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Afterward, Black residents rebuilt and flourished, but what would come next would largely destroy the neighborhood — and much of its wealth — for good: the construction of the I-244 highway. But first, President Donald Trump is headed to Capitol Hill to get the GOP tax bill over the finish line.

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How a highway in Tulsa displaced and dispossessed Black residents

How a highway in Tulsa displaced and dispossessed Black residents

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