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10 historic Greenwood landmarks to help you learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre


10 historic Greenwood landmarks to help you learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre
Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman
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TULSA The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission is preparing to unveil its primary brick-and-mortar project, Greenwood Rising: The Black Wall Street History Center, on June 2 as one of its numerous events scheduled in the coming days to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
The $18.6 million, 11,000-square-foot history center is joining several other monuments, memorials and landmarks in the historic Greenwood District that help chronicle the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
It s an all-inclusive history center that will utilize technology, visuals, photographs, videos, all to encapsulate the history, said Phil Armstrong, project director for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. ....

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Plans to reignite interest in Prudence Crandall story with author bench


A fundraising effort is underway to bring the first Toni Morrison Society-inspired bench in the state to a Canterbury museum dedicated to the story of a 19th century local civil rights icon and a Black student yearning to become a teacher.
Anne Mahoney, the state’s attorney for the Windham Judicial District, is working with the Prudence Crandall Museum, town officials and the Sustainability CT group to bring a 6-foot steel bench to the South Canterbury Road museum.
Mahoney said her role in the effort began with a fundraising event years ago at Norwich’s Otis Library in which attendees at an author’s forum were invited to bid on displayed gifts. Mahoney ended up winning one of those items, a trip to Hilton Head, S.C. ....

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