Archive for February 2021
Gilcrease Museum: Voices of Greenwood: Conversation with Carlos Moreno and Jennifer King
Carlos Moreno, from the Victory of Greenwood, and Jennifer King, grand-niece of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Mabel and Pressley Little, discuss Pressley Little’s family and legacy with Gilcrease Museum. Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/GilcreaseMuseum/videos/295698251939001
Read MoreTahlequah Daily Press: Cherae Sowder Stone is a Cherokee citizen and a researcher and editor for the Victory of Greenwood project
The Victory of Greenwood project is not only about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, but about Greenwood’s founders, its rebuilding and resurgence with the upcoming centennial of the Massacre. The focus on racial inequities has boosted interest in the history of oppression, since the founding of our nation must be acknowledged before it can be…
Read MoreVictory of Greenwood: S. M. & Eunice Jackson
Photo of S.M. & Eunice Jackson (right) courtesy of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman Often mentioned alongside John and Loula Williams and E. L. and Jeanne Goodwin as one of the greatest power couples of Greenwood, S. M. and Eunice Jackson were…
Read MoreCity of Tulsa Planning office: Lacy Community Center Public Art Project Simon Berry (1890 – 1941)
The Lacy Park story is part and parcel with that of the pioneers who helped make it a reality. In 1929, Simon Berry, a businessman from the area, donated 13.4 acres of parkland to the City of Tulsa, for a price of $1, to establish Lacy Park, which was then known as Berry Park. The…
Read MoreNEH: The 1921 Tulsa Massacre: What Happened to Black Wall Street
As city streets throbbed with protests (and what some might call uprisings) during the summer of 2020, two science fiction dramas recalled the massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which took place 100 years ago this spring. Watchmen and Lovecraft Country, both on HBO, filled television screens with imagery of Tulsa’s Black neighborhood of Greenwood—Booker T. Washington…
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