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[mas-uh-ker] / ˈmæs ə kər /




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In 2021, Joshua was a member of the Journal's "The Tulsa Race Massacre | 100 Years Later" project, which included his reporting from Tulsa, Okla., on Black Americans's struggle to create a thriving business community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Hoover’s last book with History Press, The Kelayres Massacre, was put out just a few months after Arcadia acquired the publisher.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

That changed in 1989 when, as a student in the prestigious Beijing University, he began taking part in the pro-democracy movement that was eventually crushed in the Tiananmen Massacre.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

That event was later dubbed the Boston Massacre.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

He ran a long feature on George Vandeveer, charlatan attorney for the Wobbly defense in the Everett Massacre deliberations.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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