Archive for April 2021

This clip from Generation Citizen‘s Community Conversation, The Future of Democracy is an Inclusive Education, features Carlos Moreno, author of The Victory of Greenwood describing how Greenwood rebuilt after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It was the education and commitment to community that led to Greenwood becoming a thriving district just four years later. Watch…

I think people need to know the history. They need to know these policies. They need to know why their city looks the way it looks. I think in that knowledge, once you have it, there is a lot of hope, because it’s like, OK, we made these choices as a city. We can make…

Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later blends historical accounts of the massacre and the art of local creatives to paint a full picture of Greenwood—from the past, present and aspirations of a thriving future. “OETA is in the business of telling stories of importance for all Oklahomans. And, for too long, the story of the…

“When I discovered everything that I discovered, it was like opening a treasure chest,” Carlos Moreno said. “There would be a little piece in one book and another little piece in another book and when you put all these pieces together, you get this picture of a very rich life that this person lived.” When…

Before writing his book “The Victory of Greenwood,” Carlos Moreno wasn’t sure he was the right person for the task. “I didn’t grow up in Tulsa. I’m not Black — I’m Mexican on both sides of my family,” said Moreno, who hails from Santa Clara, California. “So I really struggled with whether I was anyone…

Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes. We are about one month out from the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It was one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in US history, and we’re still learning about it a century later as we work on…

Rev. Marlin Lavanhar and Rev. Gerald Davis chat with All Souls member, Carlos Moreno, about his upcoming book The Victory of Greenwood, published by Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press. The story of All Souls Unitarian Church is the story of a Church of the Free Spirit, founded on the principles of freedom, reason, fellowship, service and…