Alice and Greg Greenwood, from Greenwood Chevrolet and the Greenwood Foundation, stand with Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel in front of the Chevrolet Bolt that was donated to the university on Tuesday, March 18, 2021. (Ellen Wagner | Mahoning Matters)
YOUNGSTOWN Greenwood Chevrolet in Austintown and the Greenwood Foundation donated a new Chevrolet Bolt to Youngstown State University today and made a $100,000 donation to the Excellence Training Center.
Greg Greenwood, owner of Greenwood Chevrolet, said the collaboration will offer opportunities to YSU students and bolster the electric car industry in the Mahoning Valley.
Of thousands of cars sold at his dealership each year, only a handful of them are electric cars, he said. Working with YSU, there will be more visibility for people to see electric cars on the road., Greenwood said.
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Survivors and Descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and Greenwood Community Leaders to Hold Press Conference Today
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Members of Tulsa’s Greenwood community, including 107-year-old Massacre survivor
Mother Viola Fletcher, will host a press conference today at
1:30 PM CST to discuss prominent Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission members’ support of racist House Bill 1775 and the way forward as the Centennial of the Massacre approaches.
On Friday, May 7, 2021, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 1775 into law, which outlaws the teaching of the truth about racism and discrimination against non-white people. In addition to Governor Stitt, who serves as a Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commissioner, supporting House Bill 1775, the bill was also vocally supported by Tulsa Mayor and Commissioner G.T. Bynum. Bynum, who is also a strong opponent of rep
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Lessie Benningfield Randle was just 6 when she watched her home town go up in flames. Now at 106, her testimony may make way for reparations to be paid.
On May 31, 1921, an angry mob of white Tulsans stormed the prosperous Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the massacre, the people of Greenwood rebuilt the town without any financial assistance from the City of Tulsa.
Randle, known as âMother Randleâ to the Justice for Greenwood Foundation â a group that advocates for reparations to be paid to the massacre survivors and descendants â stated in the February lawsuit that the events of the massacre have caused her to experience âemotional and physical distress that continues to this day.â The lawsuit also states that Tulsa government officials are âenriching themselves by promoting the site of the massacre as a tourist attraction.â
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