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Black Tech Street, Microsoft team to restore the home of Black Wall Street

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Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims

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Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, theGrio.com

New York donors give $1M to Three Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

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The Gap Band’s Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73

Wilson’s widow, Linda Boulware-Wilson, confirmed that he died peacefully Tuesday at his Tulsa home.
/ November 3, 2021
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ELC selects fintech platform Goalsetter to help close racial wealth gap in US

The Executive Leadership Council announced a new initiative with Goalsetter to grow and protect wealth in Black America.
/ June 16, 2021
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27 coffins uncovered in search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims

A team of researchers in Oklahoma uncovered 27 coffins during a search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
/ June 10, 2021
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Black Wall Street Gallery in New York vandalized multiple times

The owners of the Black Wall Street Gallery in New York City are speaking out after the space was vandalized three times this week.
/ June 4, 2021
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Remaining Tulsa survivors receive $300K gift

Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will be gifted $100,000 each on the heels of the 100-year commemoration.
/ June 3, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden

theGrio’s April Ryan presses Biden about U.S. apology for Tulsa Massacre

theGrio’s April Ryan questioned President Biden about a U.S. apology for the Tulsa Race Massacre at the 100-year commemoration in Oklahoma.
/ June 2, 2021
Tulsa "Black Wall Street" sign is seen during the Juneteenth celebration

Black Economic Consciousness: Using the Greenwood District model as the blueprint

O.W. Gurley’s investments in Greenwood’s Black Wall Street is an economic model of community determination, economic power, and resilience.
/ May 31, 2021