1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)
Wednesday, May 19 • 1:00 pm
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May
31, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when a
violent white mob nearly destroyed the formerly thriving and prosperous
African American community in the Greenwood district of Tulsa (also
known as Black Wall Street). Over 300 African Americans were killed, and
thousands were displaced. Hundreds of homes and businesses burned to
the ground. In the decades since this occurred, the massacre was covered
up, local officials obstructed the redevelopment of Greenwood, and the
local chapter of the KKK became one of the largest in the U.S.
Join
the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the African American
Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), for a conversation with leading
policy makers, academics, and researchers on the historical legacy of
the Massacre, the effects on current-day policy and organizing debates
related to racial justice, and the movement for reparations.
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