Posts by James Bullis

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…

“Greenwood was a real community in the old-fashioned way,” Randle says. “Everything you needed was within walking distance. The area embraced its diversity. Even though there were rich and poor, everyone went to the same schools, churches, parks, pools and rode the same public transit. It was a place with a connection to its people.…

The Victory of Greenwood, a new book by Carlos Moreno, invites readers to learn more about the full history of the Greenwood community, aka “Black Wall Street,” through the lives of some of its most prominent figures such as, John & Loula Williams, B.C. Franklin, and Rev. Ben H. Hill. This new collection of 20…

Through a mixture of hubris and active malice, Tulsa city leaders undermined the rebuilding of Greenwood. Black people brought the neighborhood back anyway. The tents stretched across the burned-out prairieland for acres, surrounded by dirt and rubble and trees stripped bare of all their foliage. Where the Dreamland Theater had once welcomed jubilant patrons every…