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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4887429" data-attributes="member: 63706">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/franklin-buck-colbert-1879-1960/[/URL]Buck Franklin is a hero and inspiration. Terrible things happen, people treat each other unjustly for bad reasons. We ought to focus on and follow the example of people like Franklin. When something bad happens, respond by doing something good. From the article:&quot;Franklin and his family had managed to survive the riot. The Tulsa City Council, however, in the aftermath of the carnage, passed an ordinance that prevented the black people of Tulsa from rebuilding their community. The city planned instead to rezone the area from a residential to a commercial district. Franklin led the legal battle against this ordinance and sued the city of Tulsa before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, where he won. As a consequence, black Tulsa residents could and did begin the reconstruction of their nearly destroyed community.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4887429, member: 63706"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/franklin-buck-colbert-1879-1960/[/URL] Buck Franklin is a hero and inspiration. Terrible things happen, people treat each other unjustly for bad reasons. We ought to focus on and follow the example of people like Franklin. When something bad happens, respond by doing something good. From the article: "Franklin and his family had managed to survive the riot. The Tulsa City Council, however, in the aftermath of the carnage, passed an ordinance that prevented the black people of Tulsa from rebuilding their community. The city planned instead to rezone the area from a residential to a commercial district. Franklin led the legal battle against this ordinance and sued the city of Tulsa before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, where he won. As a consequence, black Tulsa residents could and did begin the reconstruction of their nearly destroyed community." [/QUOTE]

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