"I was definitely aware of Tulsa. My mother is a teacher and so, while that wasn't taught in school—school is not where I learned about it—but I think that we have this

"I was definitely aware of Tulsa. My mother is a teacher and so, while that wasn't taught in school—school is not where I learned about it—but I think that we have this wonderful thing called Google now," she said. "And so, when people did type in Tulsa Massacre, they were able to discover that it wasn't just at Tulsa, there was a Rosewood, there was another incident like that in Florida, in Arkansas."

King added, "It just opened people up to correct the wrong that has happened in our school when it does come to U.S. history and omitting stories that actually took place and have become of the fabric of America. Whether or not you didn't know about Tulsa, because Tulsa happened, this is why we're here; why we're where we are right now."

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