Oklahoma Education Head Says State Will Not Back Away From Tulsa Race Massacre

The head of Oklahoma’s state Department of Education drew local and national criticism after a July 6 2023 meeting for a seemingly evasive answer to a question about the infamous 1921 attack on Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” — but out his full remarks do not point to a softening of instructions around teaching that event. Recent coverage of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Walters centers around his response to whether teaching students about the attack — commonly known as the Tulsa Race Riot or the Tulsa Race Massacre —...