The Governor's Office says he has yet to receive the final version of the measure.Oklahoma's House sends legislation intended to deflect criti…
A total of 30 works by 23 composers made up the evening's program, which was performed by an octet of opera luminaries.
A forensic scientist recommends a two-phase process once the remains are exhumed. The first phase would be to collect DNA samples from the rem…
“Greenwood Overcomes” is Tulsa Opera's contribution to the citywide commemoration effort spearheaded by the concert’s co-producer, the 1921 Tu…
The Tulsa World recently talked to 10 Tulsans who, each in their own way, have committed to telling the story of Greenwood and the 1921 Tulsa …
Part of TCC’s yearlong commemoration of the massacre centennial, each daily event will begin at 1 p.m. and feature an hourlong virtual program…
The tree dedication was one of the earliest events in what promises to be a busy spring as Tulsa commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Rac…
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1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Exhumation of mass grave to begin June 1; DNA analysis to follow
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50 years ago, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a taboo subject when Tulsan Ed Wheeler set out to write an article ‘to find out what happened.’ He had no idea the threats and resistance he would face just for trying.
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From O.W. Gurley to its present-day legacy: Greenwood District land ownership has evolved in the last century
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Greenwood District land ownership has evolved in the last century
The five sections of the work are set to a diverse musical score, ranging from the Civil Rights era song "I'm So Glad" to Benjamin Booker's "Believe."
The present-day legacy of Tulsa's Greenwood District is its extraordinary pre-Tulsa Race Massacre period when Black people controlled their ow…
Wheeler, today a retired Oklahoma National Guard brigadier general and former Tulsa Community College history instructor, reflected recently o…
"Greenwood Overcomes" is part of a citywide commemoration effort spearheaded by the concert’s co-producer, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centen…
Fire in Little Africa is set for May 28 release via Motown Records/Black Forum in partnership with the Bob Dylan Center and the Woody Guthrie …
A group of Tulsa artists collaborated on this exhibit, the second in a series sponsored by the Greenwood Art Project.
With the help of $200,000 from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, Vernon AME Church will be able to make much-needed improvem…
The installations are the first in a series of public art works supported by the $1 million award from Bloomberg Philanthropies' Public Art Ch…
While race certainly unified some and divided others, the individual personalities involved were distinct. Each has their own story to tell.
The 11,000-square-foot history center is taking shape in Greenwood, with the dedication set for June 2.
Nevertheless, Tulsa was fairly bursting with enthusiasm and pride in the spring of 1921. But pride goeth before a fall, to paraphrase Proverbs…
The city insists that lighting in the area is good and says it will continue to work with the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce to ensure the publ…
Opera star Denyce Graves, for whom "They Still Want to Kill Us," by Daniel Bernard Roumain was written, declined to perform the piece, saying …
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Last fall, researchers found what they said appear to be 12 badly decomposed coffins fitted tightly into a trench in what was once Oaklawn's B…
Efforts encompass injustices stemming from the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, slavery and continuing discrimination and extend well …
Starting in May, district classrooms in third grade and up will start blending in lesson plans about the 1921 event, its causes and its long-t…
The Return on Inclusion Summit, billed as Oklahoma’s largest professional diversity and inclusion conference, is being held virtually this yea…
The oversight committee, however, must consider a temporary gravesite while long-term planning moves forward.
Hughes Van Ellis, 100, of Aurora, Colorado, was only recently identified as a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, officials said. Ellis and f…
The film, produced by Sam Pollard and Joyce Vaughn, was written by Tulsa native Carmen Fields, a journalist and media consultant now based in …
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