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The racist, violent attack on Black Wall Street and its residents is finally in the open — and raising questions about all that Americans don’t know and have tried to hide.

This May 31 and June 1 will mark 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre. A White mob stormed a Black neighborhood in Tulsa’s Greenwood District – leaving an estimated 300 people dead. Scholars have called it "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history."

9:13 am UTC May. 28, 2021 Editors note: The following may include first-person accounts of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre contain graphic depictions and antiquated racial terminology. We have chosen not to edit these survivor accounts to leave their stories unencumbered by interpretation or exclusion. TULSA, Okla. – After 100 years, the stories of brutality and destruction are almost unfathomable. A white mobs attack on Greenwood, a district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to about 10,000 people, lef...

2:46 pm UTC May. 26, 2021 Editors note: The following may include first-person accounts of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre contain graphic depictions and antiquated racial terminology. We have chosen not to edit these survivor accounts to leave their stories unencumbered by interpretation or exclusion. TULSA — After 100 years, the stories of brutality and destruction are almost unfathomable. A white mobs attack on Greenwood, home to about 10,000 people, left the community in ruins, reduced to ...

He chairs the education committee for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and serves as local curator of its new history center, Greenwood Rising, which will be dedicated on June 2 as part of the centennial commemoration. He recently published his 10th book, "Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples With Its Historical Racial Trauma."  In addition, the Tulsa author, attorney and independent consultant was named Thursday to the 2021 class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.  "...

An OKC golf course will soon see a piece of public art dedicated to James E. Stewart, a former leader of the Oklahoma City chapter of the NAACP.

Who was James. E Stewart? Stewart was elected to the national board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1953, according to obituaries in The Oklahoman in 1997, when he died at the age of 84. He was president of the Oklahoma City branch of the NAACP for 17 years. His career included a stint as banquet services captain at the Biltmore Hotel, duty with the Marine Corps in World War II, and more than 20 years with Oklahoma Natural Gas, where he retired in 1977 ...

BRYAN COUNTY HISTORY: Oberlin, an all-black town Bryan County Genealogy Library Most All-Black towns were created in Oklahoma when former slaves of the five civilized tribes were granted allotments of forty acres. Most chose to live near other African Americans for security and fellowship. They formed communities with churches, schools, businesses, and newspapers. As they grew larger and more established, they advertised in the “states” for other freed slaves to join them. Many of those mig...

O’Connor: EastPoint continues to build people and community Cathy O’Connor It’s Friday evening at Kindred Spirits and the patio is filling with conversation and the sounds of the band warming up. On lead guitar is Dr. Lunn, the family physician from Centennial Clinic next door, having finished with his day seeing patients since 8 a.m. Northeast Oklahoma City is an area rich with Oklahoma history and culture. It’s full of people who have pride in their community, common connections with ...

By Andy Rieger | For The Transcript Feb 14, 2021 Feb 14, 2021 Black social critic-comedian Dick Gregory receives a standing ovation for his speech at the Oklahoma Memorial Union Ballroom in February 1971 as part of OU Black Heritage week. He was introduced to the OU crowd by Dr. George Henderson. Photo Provided “A community that is divided will never thrive.” — Dr. Belinda Higgs Hyppolite The reminder from OU’s Vice President of ...