100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre, Damage Still Ripples Through Community More than 35 city blocks were leveled, an estimated 191 businesses were destroyed, and roughly 10,000 Black residents were displaced By Aaron Morrison •
Updated 42 mins ago
On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Not her body. She had left this Earth 18 years ago, at age 100. But on this day, three generations of her family brought Ernestine’s keepsakes back to this place which meant so much to her. A place that was, like their matriarch, a survivor of a long-ago atrocity. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Black Tulsa never really recovered from the devastation that took place 100 years ago, when nearly every structure in Greenwood, the fabled Black Wall Street,.
100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre, Damage Still Ripples Through Community More than 35 city blocks were leveled, an estimated 191 businesses were destroyed, and roughly 10,000 Black residents were displaced By Aaron Morrison •
Updated 3 hours ago
On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Not her body. She had left this Earth 18 years ago, at age 100. But on this day, three generations of her family brought Ernestine’s keepsakes back to this place which meant so much to her. A place that was, like their matriarch, a survivor of a long-ago atrocity. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Black Tulsa never really recovered from the devastation that took place 100 years ago, when nearly every structure in Greenwood, the fabled Black Wall Street,.
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President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa on Tuesday to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, according to the White House.
Biden s visit will cap off a long weekend full of events, speakers and concerts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tragedy that marks one of the lowest points in Oklahoma history.
According to principal deputy White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden will meet with survivors of the attack during his visit. He is also scheduled to deliver remarks on the anniversary.
The last three known survivors of the attack testified before Congress last week, urged a U.S. House subcommittee to help secure justice and financial compensation. That demand for justice has also come in the form of a landmark reparations lawsuit against the city of Tulsa and other entities.