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TULSA A group of Tulsa City Council members, led by the council s only Black member, want the City of Tulsa to apologize for the Tulsa Race Massacre and commit to addressing the ways the tragedy devastated the predominantly Black Greenwood area.
Ward 1 Tulsa Councilwoman Vanessa Hall-Harper, who is African American, said she and three of her fellow council members Lori Decter-Wright, Mykey Arthrell-Knezek and Kara Joy McKee plan to introduce the Greenwood Prosperity, Legacy and Restoration resolution at Wednesday s city council meeting. The Greenwood District is divided between Hall-Harper and McKee s wards 1 and 4, respectively.
She spoke about the resolution at an interdenominational worship service Sunday at First Baptist Church of North Tulsa, where a racially diverse crowd gathered to commemorate the race massacre s centennial.
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The Tulsa City Council announced Friday it would consider a resolution at its upcoming Wednesday meeting that would formally apologize for the past and ongoing harms caused by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and launch a process to evaluate recommendations included in a 2001 state report that included an endorsement of reparation payments.
The resolution, introduced by Councilors Kara Joy McKee, Lori Decter Wright, Mykey Arthrell-Knezek and Council Chair Vanessa Hall-Harper, would apologize not only for those who perpetrated the Massacre but any enforcement of subsequent segregation, discriminatory practices and programs that led to inequities and commit to making tangible amends for policies and practices that have harmed or destroyed communities in North Tulsa.
Tulsa city councilors are still mulling over updates to regulations on backyard chickens.
In their latest round of proposed changes discussed last week, the minimum distance for a chicken coop to be from a residence is cut from 40 feet to 35. A significant portion of the city is zoned residential with lots a minimum of 60 feet wide.
District 4 Councilor Kara Joy McKee said fresh eggs can make a big difference in some Tulsans’ diets. And if we’re at 35 feet, that eliminates a lot of people from being allowed to have chickens, but a 25-foot limit, I think, could really it’ll be safe, it’ll be clean and it will be inclusive, McKee said.