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Voting rights activist, politician and author Stacey Abrams will be the keynote speaker at the Remember & Rise Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commemoration event.
Abrams best known for her decade of work to improve voter access and political infrastructure in Georgia, both as a state representative and a grassroots activist will address attendees during the nationally televised event on Memorial Day, May 31, at Tulsa s ONEOK Field.
“We are honored to welcome Stacey Abrams to Tulsa for the Centennial,” said Phil Armstrong, project director for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, in a statement. “Her tireless efforts to create equity and access for Black Georgia voters has inspired the entire country to re-envision what inclusive structures, systems and communities should look like. We are excited to hear from Stacey in person and apply her tenacity and dedication to the reconciliation of Greenwood beyond this year.”
Activist Stacey Abrams named keynote speaker for event commemorating 100 years since Tulsa Race Massacre Share Updated: 3:27 PM CDT May 19, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 3:27 PM CDT May 19, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASTERCARD GRAVE SITE IN NEGATION MEETING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF WHO CAN BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR THE MASSACRE THE PRIMARY PERPETRATORS. AS WE KNOW HISTORICALLY WERE THOUSANDS OF ARMED WHITE VIGILANTES? BUT HISTORY ALSO TELLS US. THAT THE CITY OF TULSA TULSA COUNTY AND POSSIYBL EVEN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. HAD A MAJOR ROLE IN FACILITATING. THE MASSACRE IN THE DESTRUCTION, WHICH TOOK PLACE FORMER DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM KELLO ON THE CALL TONIGHT WITH ATTH GROUP. KELLO LISTING THE CRIMES COMMITTED DURGIN THE MASSACRE RANGING FROM MURDER MANSLAUGHTER SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON SIMPLE ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND OUR SIN. HE C
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