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 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been concealed,” says Polly Anderson, executive director of OETA. “As Oklahoma’s storyteller, we are driven by our mission—and consider it a great privilege—to make this story known.” Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later is an hour-long OETA original documentary premiering Monday, May 31, at 7 pm. with an encore at 10 pm. OETA will hold a virtual event to preview the documentary and host a panel discussion. The event will take place Tuesday, May 25 at 7 pm. The event is free, but registration is required and capacity is limited. Registration opens Monday, May 10. To register and find more information, visit OETA.tv/TulsaRaceMassacre.
The program is hosted by author, poet and historian, Quraysh Ali Lansana. Lansana is the author of twenty books in poetry, nonfiction and children’s literature. He is currently a Tulsa Artist Fellow and serves as Acting Director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, where he is also Writer in Residence for the Center for Poets and Writers and Adjunct Professor in Africana Studies and English. Lansana is creator and executive producer of KOSU/NPR’s Focus: Black Oklahoma monthly radio program. A former faculty member of both the Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Drama Division of The Juilliard School, Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2012, and was Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing there until 2014.
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