Lisa Dang

 For today's blog, I will be reviewing a primary/academic source I found on Proquest that I'm examing to use for my fourth writing project. Here is the link:  https://www.proquest.com/docview/2533657132/B073FBB320B84DD8PQ/2 Bibliography: 100 Years Later, A Survivor's Story Of The Tulsa Race Massacre. NPR, 2021. ProQuest, http://libproxy.usc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/other-sources/100-years-later-survivors-story-tulsa-race/docview/2533657132/se-2?accountid=14749. This is a sound byte of an interview in an archived NPR broadcast. It was published last year and has a blurb at the beginning depicting the situation. Because of these two factors I question the validity of the source as being primary, however, I believe that the content of the interview is very raw and beneficial for the direct context of the situation. In regards to the Tulsa Massacre, the recorded audio is descriptive, candid, and insightful. Additionally, proquest is a very reliable database. I wou...

 For my fourth writing project for Writ150, I am choosing to write about the Tulsa Race Massacre. I came across this topic while reading the required materials, specifically from the Smithsonian article on the 'Civil Season'. This topic touches a personal spot for me because Tulsa was only an hour away from where I lived for most of my life. I lived in Northwest Arkansas up until leaving for college, but in my ten years of education within the Arkansas school system, I was never educated on the Tulsa Race Massacre. Such a horrifying event was left unmentioned in my history or social studies classes. It is incredibly maddening to realize at my current age. I and the rest of my peers were left completely ignorant of a historically significant event that would've shed light on the current racial injustices today. For my re-evaluation, I will be dissecting specifically how this topic is addressed in the Midwest and maybe even specifically Arkansas.