The Tulsa Daily World’s June 2, 1921 morning edition headlines read: “Dead Estimated at 100: City is Quiet. $2000 to Start Fund for Relief. Negros Gladly Accept Guards. 5,000 Negro Refugees Guarded in Camp at County Fairgrounds.” Fewer than 24 hours after Ku Klux Klan leaders — along with the … Read More
Good Day Tulsa: Author Carlos Moreno has written about the Tulsa Race Massacre for 2 different generations
Interview with Good Day Tulsa about the Victory of Greenwood, and a conversation with Stephen Green and A Kids Book About, discussing the collaboration to adapt the story of the massacre to a much younger audience. This book is A Kids Book About’s first book addressing a specific event with … Read More
Oprah shares reading list of 27 books on ‘centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre’
To be informed about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre which will mark a centennial this Monday, Oprah Winfrey shares a reading list of 27 books to educate one about the ‘worst incidents of racial violence in American history.’ Through her Book Club which highlights the books chosen by Oprah in … Read More
Black Wall Street Times launches campaign to expand newsroom
The Black Wall Street Times commemorative magazine will feature 100 years of resilience. This unique project will include a history of the Greenwood community – destroyed in 1921 but rebuilt in the years that followed. We will also highlight the second destruction caused by gentrification. We will not only commemorate the … Read More
Wall Street Journal: Insurance Exclusions Left Black Tulsans Footing the Bill for the Massacre
The massacre took the lives of dozens of Black residents. It also left behind a devastated neighborhood and many property owners struggling to cover their losses. Ms. Williams was one of at least 70 Greenwood property owners who filed insurance claims after the massacre. After many of their claims were … Read More