Much of what the world knows about the Tulsa massacre, one of the most consequential events of state-sanctioned racial violence and displacement in America’s history, started with the work of one woman. Although Mary E. Jones Parrish’s name has made a resurgence in recent history, the impact of her book about the disaster still isn’t […]
Descendants of Greenwood residents who survived the massacre reflect on the legacy of what was lost, their ancestors' heroism and where exactly to go from here.
The long-hidden racist attack on “Black Wall Street” and its residents is finally in the open and raising questions about all that Americans don’t know and have tried to hide.
The racist, violent attack on Black Wall Street and its residents is finally in the open and raising questions about all that Americans don’t know and have tried to hide.
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My grandmother survived the Tulsa massacre. 100 years later, I watched a mostly White mob attack my city.
The Capitol riots showed me how trauma permeates Black families for generations (María Alconada Brooks for The Lily) Anneliese M. Bruner
Jan. 9, 2021
It was eerily fitting that the weekend before a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, I sat down to reread the book that my great-grandmother, Mary Jones Parrish, wrote almost 100 years ago. In it, she recounted and reported on the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. From May 31 to June 1 of that year, violent mobs of White marauders completely destroyed the Greenwood section of Tulsa, transforming a prosperous African American community into a smoldering pile of rubble.