Greenwood Rising opened in 2021, as the city marked 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre. It teaches the history of the district from its establishment and destruction to rebuilding.
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Weekend of remembrance commemorates Tulsa Race Massacre’s 105th anniversary
Tulsans turned out by the hundreds to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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‘We will carry your light’: Massacre victims, survivors remembered at soil collection ceremony
The ceremony, which concluded Black Wall Street Legacy Festival, gave Tulsans a chance to honor the people lost during the race massacre — and the efforts to rebuild.
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Tulsa attorney represented massacre survivors in court. Now he’s making the case in a new book.
Damario Solomon-Simmons is a Tulsa native but says he didn’t learn about the massacre until he left town. Now, he hopes his book advances the fight for justice.
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Tulsa civil rights activist Bobby Eaton Sr. dies at 90
Bobby Eaton Sr. was known for advocating for north Tulsa and was arrested in the 1960s protesting a whites-only cafe.
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Push for reparations takes center stage with 3-day conference in Tulsa
Reparations advocates, faith leaders and political strategists from across the country will convene in Tulsa for a three-day conference April 24-26.
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Mother Viola Fletcher, one of the oldest Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, dies at 111
Viola Ford Fletcher passed away at the age of 111. She was one of the oldest survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Tulsa uncovers gunshot victim during excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery
The body is the seventh at the cemetery to contain “evidence of trauma,” but officials said it’s too early to determine the official cause of death.