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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education is developing a curriculum for teaching students statewide about the events surrounding the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.

While schools across the state have been required to teach about the massacre since 2002, state Superintendent of Schools Joy Hofmeister said Thursday the curriculum developed at the state level follows a two-year pilot program by the Tulsa School District. It will incorporate recommendations by the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission in conjunction with descendants of victims and survivors of the violence.

"We are prov...