By Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter As we still mourn the passing of the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher, Washington state’s handling of its reparations study shows the fragile line between meaningful repair and performative equity. Mother Fletcher did not live to see meaningful redress for the horror she survived, […]
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Tulsa mayor launches $105M Greenwood Trust to repair massacre legacy
On Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the $105 million Greenwood Trust to support housing, economic development, and cultural preservation as part of a broader effort to repair the lasting harm of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Beyond Tulsa: Uncovering America’s forgotten Black Wall Streets and their legacies today
By Jazmin GoodwinData work By Elena Cox “Beautiful, bustling, and Black”—that was how author, attorney, and activist Hannibal B. Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District in his book “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District.” In the early 1900s, the Greenwood District flourished with over 100 Black-owned businesses, from restaurants […]
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Petition calls on Biden to grant pardon to former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
A petition calling on President Joe Biden to grant a full pardon to former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who is facing 40 years in federal prison for fraud charges, has gathered over 2,700 signatures, with notable figures like the National Congress of Black Women backing it.
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Viola Ford Fletcher, 109, continues to tell her story as oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO Managing Editor Viola Ford Fletcher was a mere seven years old when she was forced to reckon with hatred and racism in America. The date was May 31. The place was the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Okla., and at the time it was known as the “Black Wall Street.” African-American entrepreneurs […]
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Remains exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery as the search for 1921 Race Massacre victims has resumed
By Ken MillerThe Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second set as the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resumes in a Tulsa cemetery. The remains are among 22 sets found during the current search in Oaklawn Cemetery, but […]