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In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. ...

On April 12, 1988, the state Legislature approved a resolution sponsored by Sen. Maxine Horner and Rep. Penny Williams establishing the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.

Though she wasn't well known, the late Sen. Maxine Horner crafted one of the most important pieces of legislation every produced in Oklahoma

White tulsans murdered black folks and were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. many awful things were done to get rid of the bodies. in the late 1990s, senator maxine horner and my father, state representative don ross, created the commission to study the tulsa race riot of 1921. which brought historians, consultants from around the world who tried to figure out what happened in 1921. i had many conversations with riot survivors. >> you know, you're sitting here, you're sitting there with a red light. nice little lady sitting here. that puts...

And i love what it could be. but tulsa has a truth problem. hiding the truth and people who will not challenge what is perceived to be true. >> what's keeping tulsa from being a great shining city on the hill is dealing with the legacy of the so-called tulsa race riot of 1921. white tulsans murdered black folks and were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. many awful things were done to get rid of the bodies. in the late 1990s, senator maxine horner and my father,