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  • Tulsa race massacre survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle (R) listens as US President Joe Biden speaks during a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

    Descendants of Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Protest Reburial of Remains

    The reinterment of 19 bodies exhumed from a mass grave took place despite objections from some family members.
    Shani Saxon Aug 4, 2021 3:30PM EDT
    Dr. Robert Turner leads a group from the Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church to Tulsa City Hall, demanding “reparations now.”

    100 Years Later: Tulsa and the Church that Survived the Massacre

    Rev. Dr. Robert Richard Allen Turner, the minister of Vernon Chapel A.M.E., discusses rebuilding, reparations and the future.
    Joshua Adams May 31, 2021 1:51PM EDT
    Tiffany Crutcher, founder of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, with her fist in the air. She wears a black t-shirt that reads: Just Tulsa.

    10 Ways to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

    Explore a list of resources, events and updates to honor what was once known as “Black Wall Street.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm May 24, 2021 10:00AM EDT
    Tulsa. Black and white archival image of a burned down city of destroyed buildings and trees.

    Black Tulsa Residents Sue the City 99 Years After the 1921 Race Massacre

    The lawsuit reads: “Defendants exacerbated the damage and suffering of the Greenwood residents.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Sep 3, 2020 4:30PM EDT
    An African-American man with a camera looks at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921

    'Terror of Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street' Digs Into Historical Racial Violence

    In his new documentary, award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the legacy of entrepreneurship and violence in the Greenwood district of Tulsa in 1921.
    Tracey Onyenacho Jun 19, 2020 4:00AM EDT
    Black Wall on side of highway with the words "Black Wall St." in thick block graffiti color letters against a black wall

    99 Years Later: Black Wall Street’s Legacy of Resilience 

    Almost a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, a community continues to rebuild with purpose.
    Janna Zinzi May 28, 2020 6:15PM EDT
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