Tag: Tulsa Oklahoma
Mother Viola Fletcher Among 200 Black Wall Street Survivors Headed to Ghana
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
On the evening of May 31st, 1921, a vicious white mob from neighboring Tulsa, Oklahoma, descended on...
Together, We Should Seek Justice for the Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
May 31-June 1, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest acts of...
“The Foundation of the Wealth:” Why Black Wall Street Boomed
SLIDE SHOW
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
In a century-old family story about a teenage aunt who liked to drive her luxury car down the trolley tracks...
[VIDEO] Damage lingers 100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre
Black Tulsa never really recovered from the devastation 100 years ago, when buildings in Greenwood -- or Black Wall Street -- was flattened. As...
Tulsa Digs Again for Victims of 1921 Race Massacre
KEN MILLER | Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A second excavation begins Monday at a cemetery in an effort to find and identify victims...