Why critics of Trump’s Tulsa rally are talking about ‘Watchmen’
HBO’s Watchmen takes place in an alternate version of America’s present, but it begins with an all-too-real incident from the nation’s past — the series opens in Tulsa, Okla. on May 31, 1921, the date of the infamous Black Wall Street massacre. "Watchmen" thrust that violent chapter in Oklahoma’s history back into the public discourse, serving as the inciting incident in a narrative that speaks directly to the legacy of racial injustice in America. And that narrative starting point looks positively prescient in light of President Donald Trump’s announced decision to hold his first campaign rally in months in Tulsa on June 19.
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