Why So Many Tulsa Residents Wrestle With Remembering And Commemorating The 1921 Massacre
People in the city, particularly those descended from survivors, are still struggling with their history and the details of what was kept from them.
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Written by Jennifer Matthews
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, the Greenwood District, 35 blocks of prosperous Black businesses and a community of well-off Black people was smoldering from an attack of racial terrorism.
Today what’s left is only a small nook at the corner of Greenwood and Archer.
The Oklahoma Eagle, the Black-owned newspaper that succeeded
The Tulsa Star after it burned down in the 1921 massacre, sits there.
Thousands gathered this weekend in Tulsa, Okla. to remember those killed 100 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massace. The events included concerts, marches and speeches from civil rights leaders including the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
A group of Dallas-area women joined thousands of Oklahomans and others from across the nation in commemorating the weekend’s 100th anniversary of the Tulsa.