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Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Hughes "Uncle Red" Van Ellis and Viola Fletcher, visit the 1921 Black Wall Street Memorial after a march, May 28, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. Mike Simons/Tulsa ...
"Black Wall Street was a phenomenal, like extraordinary time and place that we had here in Tulsa. And it was destroyed, but it wasn't taken from us," she said. "We still have that spirit, and it ...
Nichols, Tulsa’s first Black mayor, made it a priority. “The Greenwood community has waited over a century for meaningful repair,” Tulsa City Council member Vanessa Hall-Harper said.
But as the city is led by its first Black mayor, his Road to Repair plan may present a new avenue for addressing the wrongs done in Tulsa and reviving its Black Wall Street. The post Tulsa’s ...
Legacy Fest brings over 40 vendors and Grammy-nominated Tobe Nwigwe to downtown Tulsa. Remember the history and enjoy cultural activities while boosting local businesses at this annual event.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre killed at least 300 people, injured over 800 and reduced one of the most prosperous Black neighborhoods in America to smoldering ash.
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has unveiled a reparations plan for the descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre as well as the neighborhood area once known as "Black Wall Street" on the first ...
Tulsa's first Black mayor unveils $105 million Greenwood Trust to address lasting impacts of 1921 Race Massacre and ... Standing in the heart of what was once known as Black Wall Street, ...
Some scholars and activists say Trump’s DEI purge is minimizing and even erasing Black history. Monroe Nichols is Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His new initiative “Road to Repair” would grant ...
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre June 3, 2025 Updated Tue., June 3, 2025 at 6:22 p.m. ... Nichols, Tulsa’s first Black mayor, made it a priority.