Senate hearing sets path to make Black Wall Street a national monument thegrio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegrio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tiffany Crutcher still remembers the exact moment when it happened. She lived in Montgomery, Alabama, for nearly 20 years before she moved back to her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, because of a life-changing event in 2016. Her twin brother, Terence, was shot and killed by Tulsa police. “There was a mob of White police officers […]
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According to official records, fewer than 40 people died during the Tulsa Race Massacre. But it’s believed white attackers killed as many as 300 people,
Organizations Partner To Memorialize Remaining Unknown 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Victims
A ceremony to memorialize the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and honor World War II veteran and massacre survivor Mr. Huges Van Ellis will take place on Monday morning.
The Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition, in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, will honor the remaining unknown victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre through its final soil collection, 100 years after the massacre took place.
Over the last two years, the two organizations have worked to honor the history and the lives of Black Wall Street through a series of soil collections. Each collection serves to memorialize the life of a 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victim. On Monday, the final soil collection event will take place.