Tulsa Race Massacre

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Tennis player Naomi Osaka of Japan
June 1, 2021
This week on What's in it For Us, Christina Greer welcomes journalist Renée Graham to talk the politics of some…
U.S. President Joe Biden
June 1, 2021
Biden is focusing on racial disparity in homeownership and home appraisals that are considerably lower for Black homeowners versus whites.
June 1, 2021
Hundreds gathered for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood on the centennial of the first…
Tulsa "Black Wall Street" sign is seen during the Juneteenth celebration
May 31, 2021
O.W. Gurley’s investments in Greenwood's Black Wall Street is an economic model of community determination, economic power, and resilience.
Tulsa Race Massacre x Capitol Riot x theGrio.com
May 31, 2021
White domestic terrorism remains our greatest threat, yet America is in denial about the history of Black Wall Street and…
Tulsa thegrio.com
May 31, 2021
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is a documentary that tributes those who lost their lives and celebrates those still…
May 30, 2021
Biden is journeying to Tulsa, where Black families were denied financial restitution from insurance companies after the 1921 massacre.
May 30, 2021
Check out 3 books that will help illuminate the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and educate you…
May 29, 2021
Mistrust of the police still lingers even a hundred years after the Tulsa Race Riots which police were involved in.
Monument Marks Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921
May 28, 2021
Motown Records has released "Fire in Little Africa" a hip-hop component to the Tulsa race riots centennial celebration.
Stacey Abrams John Legend thegrio.com
May 28, 2021
The Tulsa Race Massacre event with John Legend and Stacey Abrams has been canceled citing “unexpected circumstances”
May 28, 2021
theGrio's April Ryan takes viewers through the prevailing fight for justice for survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race…
2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
May 25, 2021
On 100th anniversary of the American tragedy, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance are set to produce an MTV series…
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, Viola Fletcher Ford and brother Hughes Van Ellis
May 19, 2021
Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre testified to members of Congress on Thursday to share the atrocities they experienced 100…
May 15, 2021
Kevin Stitt was dismissed after signing a bill banning some race and racism concepts from being taught in public schools.
theGRIO.com
May 12, 2021
Viola Fletcher, the oldest known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, recently celebrated her 107th birthday.
OWN thegrio.com
May 12, 2021
OWN is set to air a two-part special honoring the pioneers of Black Wall Street, shedding light on an area…
Tulsa Race Massacre
March 28, 2021
The Library of Congress changed its reference of the historical event that killed more than 300 Black people from "riot"…
Tulsa Race Massacre thegrio.com
February 2, 2021
A new PBS documentary is set to examine the Tulsa Race Massacre, known as the deadliest incident of racial violence…
Tulsa Race Massacre
January 17, 2021
Black entrepreneurs say they have been reduced to renters in the Greenwood district, an area of Tulsa once known as…