Ethnic cleansing here at home--- Tulsa race riot among worst in U.S. history

Americans shudder when they hear about ethnic cleansing atrocities elsewhere in the world, but less than a century ago something similar was happening in the United States, a Kansas University professor says. Bill Tuttle, American studies professor, is researching and writing an essay about the 1921 Tulsa, Okla., race riots, considered by some to be among the worst in history. About 300 people -- mostly blacks -- were killed in 16 hours. [more]