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101 Years Today – Tulsa Race Massacre – Survivors, Descendants & Tulsa’s Black Community Still Fighting for Full Justice, Reparations

Today marks 101 years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (May 31 – June 1). It was an act of government-sanctioned domestic terrorism and ongoing anti-Black government policies created by the city of Tulsa and state of Oklahoma continue to compound harms created by the massacre. Today like always, we stand alongside Tulsa’s Black community and want to uplift the lives of the three known living survivors, Mother Viola Fletcher (108), Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle (107), and Mr. Hughes Van Ellis, and the thousands of descendants who are relentless in their pursuit of full reparations and justice. Led by survivors and descendants, the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival kicked off a series of events and programs this weekend to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. You can find more about the events that took place here: https://www.blackwallstreetlegacyfest.com/. If you missed the incredibly powerful and moving Survivors & Descendants Homecoming Event, you can view a recording of it here:

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Today, our community partners, alongside PEN America and Magic City Books, will host Nikole Hannah-Jones at 7:00pm CT/8:00pm ET. This highly-anticipated event will be livestreamed here. More information about the event and press opportunities can be found below. Event flyer also attached. WHERE: Booker T. Washington High School,1514 East Zion Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106 Facebook Livestream available here.

EVENT RSVP:  Facebook Event   If you have Twitter, you can RT my thread here marking this solemn occasion: Dreisen Heath on Twitter: “101 years ago today, a prosperous, thriving & self-sustaining Black economy, the Greenwood community, in Tulsa, OK, was intentionally decimated by a government-sanctioned white mob. The effects of the #TulsaRaceMassacre live on & #reparations in all forms are owed & overdue. 🧵 https://t.co/npHJ64qRVC” / Twitter 

We will continue fighting until there is #JusticeForGreenwood and #ReparationsNow.