Oklahoman
TULSA — A group of Tulsa City Council members, led by the council's only Black member, want the City of Tulsa to apologize for the Tulsa Race Massacre and commit to addressing the ways the tragedy devastated the predominantly Black Greenwood area.
Ward 1 Tulsa Councilwoman Vanessa Hall-Harper, who is African American, said she and three of her fellow council members — Lori Decter-Wright, Mykey Arthrell-Knezek and Kara Joy McKee — plan to introduce the "Greenwood Prosperity, Legacy and Restoration" resolution at Wednesday's city council meeting. The Greenwood District is divided between Hall-Harper and McKee's wards 1 and 4, respectively.
She spoke about the resolution at an interdenominational worship service Sunday at First Baptist Church of North Tulsa, where a racially diverse crowd gathered to commemorate the race massacre's centennial.