100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, the damage remains
AARON MORRISON, Associated Press
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1of45This photo provided by the Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa shows the ruins of Dunbar Elementary School and the Masonic Hall in the aftermath of the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla. (Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of45Descendants of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Ernestine Alpha Gibbs sit together during an interview in Tulsa, Okla., on Sunday, April 11, 2021. From left are her daughter, Carolyn Roberts; granddaughter-in-law, Tracy Gibbs; great-grandson, LeRoy Gibbs III, and grandson LeRoy Gibbs II. LeRoy II credits his grandmother, who not only built wealth and passed it on, but also showed succeeding generations how it was done. It was a lesson that few descendants of the victims of the race massacre had an opportuni
Oklahoma Joe: Tulsa massacre must never be forgotten By: Joe Hight Columnist May 24, 2021
Joe Hight
We should remember, teach others and never forget about what happened 100 years ago next week when angry mobs of white people destroyed Black Wall Street in Tulsa and killed as many as 300 people.
But should we call it an anniversary?
I’ll always remember the words of Abe Scott, who lost his wife, Janice, in the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon, when he spoke at a Mid-America Press Institute workshop I organized in St. Louis.
Scott urged journalists to avoid using the word in remembering any tragedy. In 2019, as I was interviewing him in Virginia for my future book, I asked him about his statement.
The failure by city and state authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to provide comprehensive reparations has compounded the harms of the May 31, 1921 Tulsa race massacre on its upcoming centennial.
9 Entrepreneurs Who Helped Build Tulsa s Black Wall Street
Before the Tulsa Race Massacre, the cityâs African American district thrived as a community of business leaders and visionaries.
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Customers stand outside Berry s Service Station in Tulsa. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Before the Tulsa Race Massacre, the cityâs African American district thrived as a community of business leaders and visionaries.
As more is learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, including the discovery of mass graves, the stories of the African Americans who turned the city’s Greenwood district into “Black Wall Street” are equally as revealing. Before a white mob decimated 35 blocks of a thriving community, African Americans had migrated to Tulsa, pooling their resources and building wealth to create successful businesses amid Jim Crow discrimination.