Date uploaded: 2021-06-04 19:13:39
In the past week searches for “What started the Tulsa Massacre” reached record highs in the US.
On May 31-June 1, 1921, one of the most prosperous Black communities of the early 20th century, Tulsa’s Greenwood district — America’s “Black Wall Street” — was destroyed by white mobs during the #TulsaRaceMassacre.
A century later, local Black-owned businesses are building the next generation of the Greenwood district. The @greenwood.art.project is commemorating the Tulsa Race Massacre with a series of art installations and exhibitions honoring local leaders and entrepreneurs.
We’re honored to support Greenwood in their efforts to #RememberTulsa. Learn about Tulsa’s past, present and future at the link in our bio.
Photos by: @michaelnoblejr, @the.odiwams, @brianspluto, and @marlonfhall
Image Descriptions:
1- Man in a “Black Wall Street” GWD Ave jacket sitting next to the “Black Wall Street Mural” by D. Ross "Scribe" and Chris Sker
2- Don Thompson in front of his photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, Dr. John Hope Franklin
3- Folami and Lester Shaw, legacy members of the Tulsa community and local business owners
4-Lelia Foley-Davis, former Oklahoma mayor and the first Black female mayor to be elected in the US sitting next to Victoria Turner, Miss Black Tulsa 2019
5- Dr. View, member of Fire In Little Africa, a collective of Tulsa-based music artists
6- A cultural practitioner of the Tulsa community in front of the “1921 Tulsa Black Wall Street Memorial”
7- James Hickman, owner of Black-owned business, Bent Publishing
8- Fire In Little Africa, at the performance of their self-titled album
9- Nobantu Ankoanda, descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
