6+ hour, 26+ min ago  (974+ words) His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre " the days in 1921 when white mobs carried out a scorched-earth campaign against an outnumbered Black militia protecting the fabled Black Wall Street, a prosperous…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago  (917+ words) The Mississippi River runs 1, 826 miles between the Ford Dam in the Twin Cities and New Orleans. In 1930, Fred Newton swam every single one of them. A 27-year-old sign painter from Clinton, Okla. , Newton guessed the endeavor would take him about…...