Why So Many Tulsa Residents Wrestle With Remembering And Commemorating The 1921 Massacre
People in the city, particularly those descended from survivors, are still struggling with their history and the details of what was kept from them.
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Written by Jennifer Matthews
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, the Greenwood District, 35 blocks of prosperous Black businesses and a community of well-off Black people was smoldering from an attack of racial terrorism.
Today what’s left is only a small nook at the corner of Greenwood and Archer.
The Oklahoma Eagle, the Black-owned newspaper that succeeded
The Tulsa Star after it burned down in the 1921 massacre, sits there.
The failure by city and state authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to provide comprehensive reparations has compounded the harms of the May 31, 1921 Tulsa race massacre on its upcoming centennial.
Gilcrease Museum Highlights Tulsa Photographers In New Exhibit
A new exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum is highlighting Tulsa photographers.
The exhibit is called Assignment Tulsa, and the photographs featured were chosen from a competition held right in the middle of the pandemic.
The exhibit features 26 photographers from the community who were given one task: show what makes Tulsa so special. It s a love letter to Tulsa for people that live here, they love this place, they love what makes Tulsa special, said Gilcrease Museum Curator of History Mark Dolph.
Dolph says the exhibit is a partnership between the museum and the Photographers of Tulsa Group. People competed in categories ranging from buildings to parks, and he says the timing of the competition is giving people a view of Tulsa during a historic year.
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