To be televised across the United States on May 31, Remember and Shine will commemorate one of the deadliest events of racist violence in the country s history.
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Tulsa Remembers: List Of Events For 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial
All eyes will be on Tulsa for the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31-June 1. You can find a list of all events and activities planned, starting May 26 for the commemoration of the centennial. You can visit the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival website, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission website, or the National Black Power Convention website for more information.
Stay tuned to News On 6 and NewsOn6.com for full coverage of the centennial events.
Wednesday, May 26
Greenwood Art Project Unveiling, 1 p.m.
John Hope Franklin National Symposium, May 26-29. You can watch the live stream of this event on News on 6.
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, the damage remains
AARON MORRISON, Associated Press
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1of45This photo provided by the Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa shows the ruins of Dunbar Elementary School and the Masonic Hall in the aftermath of the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla. (Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of45Descendants of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Ernestine Alpha Gibbs sit together during an interview in Tulsa, Okla., on Sunday, April 11, 2021. From left are her daughter, Carolyn Roberts; granddaughter-in-law, Tracy Gibbs; great-grandson, LeRoy Gibbs III, and grandson LeRoy Gibbs II. LeRoy II credits his grandmother, who not only built wealth and passed it on, but also showed succeeding generations how it was done. It was a lesson that few descendants of the victims of the race massacre had an opportuni