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Our guest is the highly regarded American conductor and music director, David Robertson. He ll be holding the baton at the BOK Center this weekend, as the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and a festival choir to perform All Rise (Symphony No. 1), an epic blues suite composed by Marsalis that will take place Sunday, June 6th, at 3pm. This very special concert offering a massive and stirring work on the theme of spiritual transcendence is being presented on the somber occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. For more on this concert, including how to get tickets, please visit the TSO website.
Our guest is the highly regarded American conductor and music director, David Robertson. He'll be holding the baton at the BOK Center this weekend, as the
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission earmarked $20 million for the project, and its purpose is to educate visitors about the massacre.
The building has not been uncontroversial. Some public officials say they oppose the way the money was spent.
Phil Armstrong is the chair of the commission. He spoke at the opening ceremony to a crowd seated in folding chairs at the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street.
He began by thanking various donors, including Mary Ann Hille of Hille Foundation who donated the land for the center.
“In spite of what some of our critics have said, yes, donate means 100% free and clear with no strings attached,” said Armstrong.
COMSTAR Advisors CEO Sam Combs (left), Black Enterprise CEO Earl Butch Graves Jr., Collab Capital Managing Partner Jewel Burks Solomon, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission Project Director Phil Armstrong, National Association of Securities Professionals CEO Ron Parker and Nationwide Retirement Plans President Eric Stevenson participate in a kickoff news conference for Economic Empowerment Day.
Credit Matt Trotter / KWGS
A conference in Tulsa on Tuesday sought to bring attention to the racial wealth gap.
Economic Empowerment Day is part of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission’s slate of events. Project Director Phil Armstrong said the conference brought together Black executives and business leaders from around the country.
The chair of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission said demands from living survivors’ attorneys played into the cancellation of the "Remember