In June 2018, Oklahoma became the incarceration capital of the world. Oklahomans are proud, resilient, hopeful, resourceful and kind. We are not more criminal than the rest of the world. The combination of punitive, inequitable, and dehumanizing practices in our homes, schools, and justice system has lead us collectively to … Read More
Smithsonian Magazine: Decades After the Tulsa Race Massacre, Urban ‘Renewal’ Sparked Black Wall Street’s Second Destruction
What often gets erased in writing about the Tulsa Race Massacre is the 45 years of prosperity in Greenwood after the attack and the events that led to the neighborhood’s second destruction: The Federal-Aid Highway Acts of 1965 and 1968. As early as 1957, Tulsa’s Comprehensive Plan included creating a … Read More
OU Daily: OU alumnus launches children’s book about Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood
OU alumnus Carlos Moreno launched a children’s book about the Tulsa Race Massacre at Fulton Street Books and Coffee Tuesday afternoon in conjunction with Tulsa’s commemoration of the centennial to create a resource for children to learn about the massacre and understand its historical significance. “A Kids Book About: … Read More
La Croix: Aux États-Unis, le «massacre de Tulsa» sort de l’oubli
La rumeur exagérée de l’agression d’une femme blanche par un adolescent noir dans un ascenseur avait mis le feu aux poudres. Mais pour Carlos Moreno, la tragédie est à mettre sur le compte de « la cupidité » de la communauté blanche. Selon cet habitant de Tulsa, auteur de l’ouvrage … Read More
Al Jazeera: Will there ever be justice for the Tulsa Race Massacre?
Families forever devastated by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are reflecting on its centenary while continuing to call for justice so far denied. A series of events will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31 and June 1, exactly 100 years since white mobs attacked Black residents of the … Read More