By James Bullis |
MSNBC: 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…
By James Bullis |
NextCity: 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…
By James Bullis |
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…
By James Bullis |
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…
By James Bullis |
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…
By James Bullis |
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…
By James Bullis |
UU World: In Tulsa, Faith Leaders Call for Massacre Reparations
The basement wall of the Historic Vernon A.M.E. Church is the only edifice of the original Greenwood neighborhood that survived the conflagration. On May 31, the church is holding a dedication for a planned Prayer Wall for Racial Healing at…
By James Bullis |
The Joplin Globe: A century later, story of America’s worst race massacre finally being told
Carlos Moreno, a Tulsa resident and author of the forthcoming book “The Victory of Greenwood,” said his book focuses on what happened after the massacre: the rebuilding of the district from the mid-’20s to the mid-’60s. “The history of Greenwood…
By James Bullis |
NPR: Code Switch’s Recommended Reads About The Tulsa Massacre
On this week’s episode of the podcast, we went to Tulsa to report on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre, in which a white mob destroyed a Black neighborhood called Greenwood and killed an estimated 300 people, most of…
By James Bullis |
Tulsa World: Tulsa author writes children’s book about race massacre
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….
