Continuing @hrw’s work on US policing, race & reparations, my colleagues will be in #Tulsa to celebrate #Juneteenth  & to support a local effort to shine a light on the #TulsaRaceMassacre.

If you’re watching Tulsa this weekend, let this history guide you
If you would like to understand more about the #TulsaRaceMassacre - and why it’s so important today - here’s a thread for you... https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1269969616878665735
“Renewed impetus has also come from Human Rights Watch which has added its advocacy muscle to the campaign. The organization has released a 72-page report that argues that reparations for the #TulsaRaceMassacre is a matter of international human rights.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trumps-visit-tulsa-spurs-renewed-call-1921-racial-massacre-reparations
A Twitter Moment on the history of #Juneteenth in the United States and this year's celebrations, as well as the history of the #TulsaRaceMassacre https://bit.ly/37GbRM6 
My US colleagues have the day off for #Juneteenth , but of course, some will be working in #Tulsa today & throughout the weekend.

Follow @dreisenheath @ida_sawyer @brian_root @gerrychronicles @JRaphling @MichaelARPage.
Black people were enslaved & exploited, and continue to be marginalized & disregarded. If US doesn't address accumulated effects of historical & present harm, "it risks carrying slavery's legacy forward, causing new harm into the future." @NicoleAustinHil
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/18/us-address-slaverys-legacy-juneteenth
Nearly 100 years after one of America's worst racial massacres, #Tulsa remains highly segregated, with black residents living in poverty at much higher rates than white people, suffering worse health, shorter lives, higher crime & aggressive policing https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/12/interview-how-policing-one-us-city-hurts-black-and-poor-communities
This short US history lesson from @eji_org is exceptionally good.

I can tell you, growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s & 80s, we were taught very little of this.
#Juneteenth2020
Human Rights Watch on the ground in #Tulsa...
#JUNETEENTH2020 https://twitter.com/brian_root/status/1273701802786111488
Good look at the #TulsaRaceMassacre here from BBC News (warning: some disturbing images)
"A lot has changed in this country since 1921, but two facts remain the same: The sin of racism and the idolatry of white supremacy is still America’s number one problem…" - Robert R.A. Turner is pastor of Historic Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church in #Tulsa.
https://www.google.be/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/19/tulsa-has-seen-horrific-racist-violence-trumps-visit-is-an-insult/%3foutputType=amp
“Black Tulsans, With a Defiant #Juneteenth Celebration, Send a Message to Trump” - NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/juneteenth-tulsa-trump-rally.html

America could learn from #Tulsa’s history this long weekend, or double down on denial...

#BlackLivesMatter
(photo via @TGuilloryNews)
#TulsaRaceMassacre
https://twitter.com/brian_root/status/1274054990483595264?s=21 https://twitter.com/brian_root/status/1274054990483595264
Rare footage of "Black Wall Street" before the #TulsaRaceMassacre.

Read about the push for reparations: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/29/case-reparations-tulsa-oklahoma
#Juneteenth
#HR40
My awesome colleague @dreisenheath sharing her personal story in #Tulsa yesterday...
https://twitter.com/ida_sawyer/status/1274135256275324929?s=21 https://twitter.com/ida_sawyer/status/1274135256275324929
No black American was ever compensated for their losses.

No white American was ever charged.

Most of the estimated 300 bodies have yet to be recovered.

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Good piece on the #TulsaRaceMassacre and its impacts today, by @oliverlaughland:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/19/tulsa-oklahoma-white-supremacist-massacre-trump-rally
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