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Event Description Writing About Greenwood with Quraysh Ali Lansana 7-9 pm for 4 weeks beginning April 27 Registration Fee: $25 Support for this workshop is provided by the Zarrow Foundation Registration closes Friday, April 23rd at 5:00 pm Scholarships are available for those with financial need. Fill out the application online. Workshop Description: This course examines the history of Tulsa’s Greenwood District from it’s pre-statehood beginnings to its many renaissances, including the present day. Coined “Black Wall Street” by educator and historian Booker T. Washington, Greenwood was the most economically vibrant Black community in the United States for years, in spite of Oklahoma’s brutal segregation laws. Though that entrenched racial divide continues to exist, Black Wall Street is thriving once again.

United statesOklahoma state universityQuraysh ali lansanaBookert washingtonSchool of the art institute chicagoJuilliard schoolProgram of the schoolZarrow foundationCreative writing at chicago state universityGwendolyn brooks centerDrama divisionAdjunct professor at oklahoma state universityArt institute of chicagoClassroom communityWriting about greenwoodRegistration fee