Governor Stitt s office released a statement in response.
“Governor Stitt’s role as a member of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission has been purely ceremonial and he had not been invited to attend a meeting until this week.
“It is disappointing to see an organization of such importance spend so much effort to sow division based on falsehoods and political rhetoric two weeks before the centennial and a month before the commission is scheduled to sunset.
“The governor and first lady will continue to support the revitalization of the Greenwood District, honest conversations about racial reconciliation and pathways of hope in Oklahoma.”
May 14, 2021 - 11:52 AM
TULSA, Okla. (AP) â Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter John Legend will headline a nationally televised ceremony in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, an event official said Friday.
âWhen we sat back and asked ourselves who could really elevate this, who could take it to the next level, John Legend was obviously a great fit,â 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission director Phil Armstrong told the Tulsa World.the Tulsa World
Legend will headline the Remember & Rise event on May 31 at ONEOK Field.
The commission was created to educate people about the attack by a white mob that killed an estimated 300 people, most of them Black.commission was created
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Recording artist John Legend will perform at ONEOK Field as part of a nationally televised remembrance ceremony marking the centennial anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, organizers announced Friday morning. John Legend is known for his poignant performances and his transformational statements on civil rights for Black Americans, Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission project director Phil Armstrong said in a news release. Remember & Rise is a once-in-a-lifetime event and John Legend’s participation ensures a global audience learns the history of what occurred here 100 years ago, on the streets of the most affluent African American community of the early Twentieth Century.
Tuskegee native, pastor of historic Tulsa church, leads call for reparations for 1921 Race Massacre
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Robert Turner answered God’s call, then put Him on hold.
He was 18 years old, a freshman at the University of Alabama, a young man from historic Tuskegee who would soon make history in Tuscaloosa as the Student Government Association’s first African American chief of staff. He’d also just crossed over into the historic Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
“I really wasn’t trying to be a preacher,” Turner is saying now with a laugh.
He still had questions, too. More questions for God than answers received.