By Joyce Kryszak
Buffalo, NY – The 1921 Tulsa Race Riots is one of the many painful reminders of America's troubled race history. But a local researcher has helped to at least clear up one injustice from the bloody event. Barbara Seals Nevergold from UB"s Uncrowned Queens Institute uncovered information that will soon exonerate a former Buffalo African American newspaper editor. On December 11, the Tulsa District Attorney will formally dismiss the charges against the deceased Andrew Jackson Smitherman and fifty five other men in a ceremonial hearing. WBFO's Joyce Kryszak talked with Seals Nevergold about how she helped close a wound from the 86-year old case.
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