In 1997, Senator Maxine Horner, along with Reps. Don Ross and Leonard Sullivan, introduced House Joint Resolution 1035, which would create the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission.
Century after massacre, Blacks struggle for political voice news8000.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news8000.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In the early days of Oklahoma’s statehood, an angry white mob fanned by rumors of a Black uprising burned a thriving African American community in the
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,.