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In the 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Greenwood community and Tulsa as a whole have been through many changes. This exhibit examines the history of Greenwood both before and after 1921 and provides information and images of the Massacre.
- A Culture of Silence
- Digging in
- Breaking Ground
- The Original 18
- DNA Insights and Limits
- Greenwood Rising
As the smoke cleared on June 1, 1921, Greenwood’s surviving Black residents were arrested and taken to internment sites. When they were released days later, many found themselves homeless and their neighborhood unrecognizable. No one was prosecuted for crimes committed during the massacre. Months later, Sarah Page told her lawyer she didn’t wish to...
By the spring of 2019, historians began sifting through tips and interviews with more than 300 people. Investigators winnowed down the information from witnesses to the most promising prospects for finding mass graves: Oaklawn Cemetery just east of downtown, Newblock Park and the Canes area just west of downtown along the Arkansas River, and Rollin...
In July 2020, after a slight delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team began test excavations at Oaklawn. A backhoe removed soil layer by layer, inches at a time, as archaeologists watched carefully for subtle changes in soil color and texture, and for any hint of a burial. Gravedigging involves removing soil to the depth of several feet, then r...
The team then tried to locate the burials that Clyde Eddy saw, with no luck. Finally, the investigators turned their attention to the area of the Black potter’s field and the two marked graves, a site they dubbed the Original 18, for those 18 Black men mentioned in the funeral home records. Based on newspaper accounts and funeral home records, the ...
Putting names to the deceased will be hard, and could take years. Because the death certificates of the Original 18 had scant details and listed most individuals as having died from gunshot wounds, no document has enough unique information to aid identification efforts. DNA would give the team its best chance at an ID, but after a century, any DNA ...
Reckoning with what happened in 1921 means looking at the victims as people, not just death statistics, Odewale says. “We need to talk about how they lived, not just how they died.” Odewale leads an effort to understand the aftermath of the massacre. The goal of this work, which is happening at the same time as the mass graves project, is to search...
Jul 12, 2024 · An Exhibit at Greenwood Cultural Center named “Gathering Greenwood” is being designed and will be an interactive exhibit about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, survivors, and descendants. It will house a permanent exhibit that will allow community members to explore and research their own family genealogy with an onsite library.
Oct 9, 2018 · During the pogrom, a white mob killed an estimated 300 black Tulsans. According to eyewitnesses, the dead are buried in unmarked mass graves in Greenwood. On May 31, 1921, white men with...
May 23, 2021 · In the days after World War I, a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called Greenwood was among the wealthiest Black communities. Oil made Greenwood rich, but jealousy made it suffer.
- Pelley
- 13 min
- Correspondent, 60 Minutes
May 23, 2024 · Juneteenth on Greenwood began in 1989 under the direction of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Every June that organization in conjunction with the North Tulsa Heritage Foundation hosts the free event, featuring local, regional, and nationally renowned entertainers.
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Justice For Greenwood. Stand with Tulsa Massacre Survivors & Descendants. Through direct services, public education, and advocacy, we seek justice and reparations for the victims, survivors, and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
