How do you explain to children what happened in Tulsa in 1921? Carlos Moreno has written “A Kids Book About the Tulsa Race Massacre.” The book is being released June 1 in conjunction with the centennial of the race massacre. “I felt it was important to make a book for … Read More
NBC: Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood found prosperity after the 1921 massacre. Then the highways arrived.
Carlos Moreno stood on the Archer Street bridge over U.S. Highway 75 in northeast Tulsa, pointing west as he squinted into the sun. Much like the wind on top of the bridge, the traffic underneath was loud, and there was no shade from the May heat. But it’s here, he … Read More
The Oklahoman: Black Wall Street wealth lost in Tulsa massacre spans generations, experts say
Carlos Moreno, author of “The Victory at Greenwood,” believes a true compensation for Greenwood survivors and their descendants should also include the losses from the destruction that followed in the 1960s and 1970s, when all but a block was again destroyed for construction of highways and then with clearance by … Read More
The Oklahoman: 100 years after Black Wall Street burned, Greenwood continues rebuilding from Tulsa massacre
Carlos Moreno, author of “The Victory of Greenwood,” spent 20 years researching the massacre for the recently released book and argues the stage was set for the massacre years before it happened. Moreno said the massacre was part of an effort by Tate Brady, a founding father of Tulsa and … Read More
BLK WINS: Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street”
We’ve all heard about the massacre, but what made Black Wall Street so special in the first place? Let’s find out! BLK WINS is all about celebrating the TRIUMPHS of black history rather than focusing on that tragedies. In this episode we highlight O.W. Gurley, J.B. Stradford, A.J. Smitherman, John … Read More