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Title: Victor Trammell for Your Black World | Photo credits: Oklahoma Historical Society via Getty Images
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s
Greenwood Massacre was the most brutal race-related domestic terrorist attack in American history.
National Geographic is marking the 100th anniversary of this 20th-century tragedy with a new documentary, which sheds light on the horrors that decimated an entire economically self-contained Black community.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nat Geo’s upcoming film, titled
Red Summer, will be directed by Dawn Porter. Previously, Porter produced a John Lewis documentary called
Good Trouble. The
Red Summer film project is set to air in June 2021.
February 3, 2021
Syl Woolford will present a live online lecture Feb. 11 to discuss the 1921 Greenwood Massacre that took place in Oklahoma. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Historian Syl Woolford will present a live, online lecture discussing the 1921 Greenwood Massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street at 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, hosted by the Lewes Public Library.
In the early 1900s, Tulsa, Okla., became the oil capital of the world. Within this boomtown, the African American neighborhood of Greenwood had a thriving business district known as Black Wall Street. On May 31, 1921, this prosperous Black community was destroyed by a violent white mob in one of the deadliest and most destructive race riots in American history. Hundreds of lives were lost, and entire city blocks were burned to the ground. On the 100-year anniversary of the Greenwood Massacre, Woolford reflects on the development of Black Wall Street, racial tensions leading to the riot, and attempts by city official
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At the start of a new year, some folks like to look back at the previous year and ponder triumphs and tragedies. Good for them; it’s always instructive to review