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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Coverage of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Nexus archive.
- US veteran dubbed highway ‘angel’ for using combat first aid to save crash survivor
Marine veteran James Brown, a trucker with Melton Truck Lines, used his battlefield medical training to save another driver's life after a crash in Arkansas. The incident occurred during torrential rain and low visibility, leading to the trucker being recognized as an 'angel' of the nation's highways by an organization.
- Today in History: May 31, the Tulsa Race Massacre begins
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs looted and burned the Black district of Greenwood following reports of a Black man assaulting a white woman in an elevator. The violence resulted in as many as 300 Black Tulsans being killed.