In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. We have tulsans of an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks that this crime scene is not going to speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, whew, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a Strong Black Community in
black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. we of tulsa of an undetermined number, it should have not taken any nine years. anyone who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak does not have the ears to hear. the earth is shaking. i came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade, so that has been well, i don t know how many years. my mother is from oklahoma. and there was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. these people were the core of black entrepreneurship. and they would help you get your business started. 1920 greenwood was booming.
that was the spirit of the riot dead telling you to go tell somebody that they are not at peace. the ancestors are speaking to us. the ancestors are throwing clues at us. we have a responsibility and an obligation to find the truth. the mass graves investigation started out with 97, actually, with don ross, kevin ross father. when he was first told about the massacre, my father, he thought it was a lie, that it didn t happen. it was not in the history books. but then in high school, when he heard firsthand from the survivors, who were schoolteachers at the time, and that was something that stuck with him until he got to the point where he could do something about it. white political leaders tried to bury the truth along with all
at us. we have a responsibility and an obligation to find the truth. the mass graves investigation started out in 97, actually, with don ross, kevin ross father. when he was first told about the massacre, my father he thought it was a lie, it didn t happen. it was not in the history books. but then in high school we heard first-hand from the survivors who are schoolteachers at the time, and that was something that stuck with him until he got to the point he could do something about it. white political leaders tried to bury the truth along with all those black victims of the riot and they pretty much succeeded for 76 years until 1997 when the state legislature appointed a special commission of 11 people to finally uncover the truth about the horrific riot of 1921. don ross went to the governor
to us. the ancestors are throwing clues at us. we have a responsibility and an obligation to find the truth. the mass graves investigation started out in 97, actually, with what don ross, kevin ross father. when he was first toured, my father, he thought it was a lie that it didn t happen. it was not in the history books. when we was in high school, we heard first hand from the survivors, who were schoolteachers at the time and that s something that stuck with him, until he got to the point where he could do something about it. they tried to bury the truth and pretty much succeeded for 97 years in 1977 when a commission was appointed to uncover the truth about the horrific riot of 1921. don ross went to the governor and the legislature and said