Posts by James Bullis
RJIOK: Victory of Greenwood
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 our present reality. The Restorative…
Read MoreSmithsonian 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 ring road (locally dubbed the…
Read MoreOU 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: The Tulsa Race Massacre,” was…
Read MoreLa 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 The Victory of Greenwood sur…
Read MoreAl 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 city’s Greenwood district. The assault…
Read MoreThe Victory of Greenwood: Reverend Ben H. Hill
Jimmie Lewis Franklin wrote in Journey Toward Hope, “No discussion of Black political life in Oklahoma could ignore the tenure of Representative Ben [H.] Hill of Tulsa. …His careful reasoning often left both Black militants and white racists uncomfortable. He advised whites to stop talking to themselves and to confront the reality of a racist…
Read MoreMSNBC: Biden to become first president to speak in Tulsa on anniversary of racial massacre
Andrea Mitchell is joined by NBC’s Trymaine Lee and Geoff Bennett, as well as Eddie Glaude Jr. and Carlos Moreno, ahead of President Biden’s visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to speak on the 100 year anniversary of the worst racial massacre in American history. The panel of reporters and experts discusses the legacy of the massacre,…
Read MoreNextCity: Black Wall Street’s Second Destruction
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 Tulsa Police Department and the…
Read MoreGood 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 the clear aim of offering…
Read MoreOprah 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 regular interactive sessions with fans,…
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