10 historic Greenwood landmarks to help you learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman
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TULSA The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission is preparing to unveil its primary brick-and-mortar project, Greenwood Rising: The Black Wall Street History Center, on June 2 as one of its numerous events scheduled in the coming days to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
The $18.6 million, 11,000-square-foot history center is joining several other monuments, memorials and landmarks in the historic Greenwood District that help chronicle the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It s an all-inclusive history center that will utilize technology, visuals, photographs, videos, all to encapsulate the history, said Phil Armstrong, project director for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.
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FC Tulsa coach Michael Nsien (left) and defenders Bradley Bourgeois and Kevin Garcia model the team s 2021 jerseys featuring the Greenwood Ave. patch.
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Tulsa’s pro soccer team will wear patches celebrating Greenwood’s history and future this season.
FC Tulsa announced Tuesday all its 2021 jerseys will feature the brand for Greenwood Ave., a project local artist Trey Thaxton created to highlight hundreds of Black Wall Street businesses. He redesigns early 20th Century businesses signs and logos for apparel and art. So, it’s important for everybody to understand that Greenwood is not just Black history. It’s American history. So, with this platform, I hope that everybody can understand what Greenwood represented, why it happened, and learn from it so that doesn’t happen again, and we can all be better together, Thaxton said in a video distributed by the team.