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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.
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TULSA The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission is preparing to unveil its primary brick-and-mortar project, Greenwood Rising: The Black Wall Street History Center, on June 2 as one of its numerous events scheduled in the coming days to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
The $18.6 million, 11,000-square-foot history center is joining several other monuments, memorials and landmarks in the historic Greenwood District that help chronicle the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It s an all-inclusive history center that will utilize technology, visuals, photographs, videos, all to encapsulate the history, said Phil Armstrong, project director for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.
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