On June 1, 1921 white mobs gathered at the corner of Archer and Greenwood in downtown Tulsa and systematically killed black Tulsans, looted their homes, firebombed Greenwood.
The Red Cross estimated 300 black persons were killed in the mob violence.
In one day, 10,000 black Tulsans were made homeless by actions of white Tulsans.
More than 100 businesses and a dozen churches were burned to the ground.
1,256 homes were burned to ashes by the white mobs while police and fire departments watched or aided white mobs.
From the official number of burned homes comes the name for the 1256 Movement, a coalition with the purpose of rebuilding 1,256 homes for black families. The vision is for 1,256 families to have homes and hope, building on equity for businesses and high education funding.
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Published by Greg Ross Taylor
I am a home builder in Northeastern Oklahoma and president of 1256Movement.org. Proceeds from my latest book published in 2023, Prodigals, benefit this nonprofit dedicated to reparations of racial trauma in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Taylor is author of several books, including a coauthored work with Randy Harris titled Living Jesus. He and his wife, Jill, have three adult children, Ashley, Anna, and Jacob, for whom Prodigals is dedicated.
I’ve been a writer for 30 years, a professional writer and editor for most of those years. No matter what other jobs I’ve done, I’ve continued to write. I’m the author, co-author, editor, or ghostwriter of many books you can see here.
You’ll find a lot of topics I’ve written about listed and I've tried to categorize them so there should be bread crumbs for you to follow your interests. I’m 2024, I’ll celebrate 20 years of blogging. You can also find lots of free articles I’ve published in various magazines if you search my name at Christianity Today, Sojourners, and Wineskins. I wrote many book reviews for Publishers Weekly some years back but most of the reviews are not named reviews for sake of objectivity.
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