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NBA Star Russell Westbrook Is Producing a Tulsa Race Massacre Docuseries

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Russell Westbrook is executive producing a docuseries about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to mark the 100th anniversary of one of America's most horrific incidents of racial violence, per The Hollywood Reporter.Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, over 300 Black Americans were killed and thousands more displaced when their white neighbors burned the Greenwood Distract — then known as Black Wall Street due to it's prosperity and financial success — to the ground.

Westbrook, who currently plays for the Houston Rockets, first learned about the Tulsa Massacre while he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder. "It's upsetting that the atrocities that transpired then are still so relevant today," Westbrook said in a statement.

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