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Category Archives: 1921 Race Massacre
A Message to 1256 Applicants in 2025
It keeps me awake some nights. Your house problems keep me awake. As founder of an organization with a purpose to improve home ownership for Black Tulsans, one of my biggest frustrations is not being able to say yes to every request for home restoration today. We have your applications and we haven’t forgotten you,Continue reading “A Message to 1256 Applicants in 2025”
WATCH “REBUILDING BLACK WALL STREET” ON OWN STARTING FRIDAY, SEP 29, 8 PM CST
The non-profit 1256 Movement that exists to convey reparations to Black families through home building and improvement is featured on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
A Theological Anthropology of White Supremacy, Black Suffering, Human Resilience After the 1921 Tulsa Massacre
GREG R. TAYLOR shares five years of doctoral research that led to the founding of the non-profit 1256 Movement.
A “FREEWILL REPARATION” FOR DESCENDANTS OF 1921 TULSA MASSACRE
When LeRon West asked me for a few moments of my time, I never imagined he would be taking me on a personal tour of Greenwood history.
Fire in Little Africa (Part 1)
1256 reviews Fire in Little Africa
Dr. Cornel West inspires, confronts and loves Tulsans at 2021 Reconciliation in America National Symposium
Image of Dr. Cornel West is not from the symposium but Robert P. George and Cornel West speaking with attendees at the Student Pavilion at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Cornel West visited Tulsa virtually but still inspired, confronted, and loved his former hometown in profound ways at the 2021 Reconciliation in AmericaContinue reading “Dr. Cornel West inspires, confronts and loves Tulsans at 2021 Reconciliation in America National Symposium”
Isabel Wilkerson and Anneliese M. Bruner present at 2021 Reconciliation in America National Symposium
Isabel Wilkerson Isabel Wilkerson presented to the National Symposium as keynote speaker Wednesday, May 25, 2021. I listened to the audio of Wilkerson’s most recent important book titled, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. Wilkerson masterfully brings her research, rich metaphors, and personal stories to bear on an astounding claim that was a complete gameContinue reading “Isabel Wilkerson and Anneliese M. Bruner present at 2021 Reconciliation in America National Symposium”
1256 MOVEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL AND JUNETEENTH EVENTS
Many important events by key organizations are happening beginning the week before the centennial through Juneteenth. 1256 Movement plans to be there, listening, learning, growing, and interacting with the narratives of victims, survivors, and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and also enjoying friendships with Black owned and led organizations. The following event calendarContinue reading “1256 MOVEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL AND JUNETEENTH EVENTS”
5 THINGS I LEARNED IN DR. KARLOS K. HILL’S, “THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE: LESSONS AND LEGACIES”
Greg Taylor reflects on what he learned in the course taught by Dr. Karlos K. Hill, “The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Lessons and Legacies.”
A Change Is Gonna Come
Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke My favorite character in Director Regina King’s movie, “One Night in Miami” is Leslie Odom Jr. playing Sam Cooke. Based on a play “written by Kemp Powers, first performed in 2013. “One Night in Miami” is a fictional account of the real night of February 25, 1964. It pinpoints a pivotal moment in the livesContinue reading “A Change Is Gonna Come”
Why do white people continue to ignore the suffering of black people?
How did white people see the suffering of black people in 1921? How do white people see suffering of black people today? What happened in 1921 and how does the event continue to impact black and white Tulsans today? As a white person, I want to increase awareness among white churches that Black Lives MatterContinue reading “Why do white people continue to ignore the suffering of black people?”
How can a black family be offered a reparation payment if buying an existing house or spec house from a builder?
The cost of the land or a cash payment of $10,000 can be credited back to the buyer at closing.
What role did the City of Tulsa play in the 1921 Race Massacre?
In the early 1900s, Tulsa sprung up as an oil town. As Tulsa grew, so did a black neighborhood in Tulsa called Greenwood. Ten thousand black Tulsans thrived in Greenwood with churches, banks, groceries, and hotels, such that Booker T. Washington referred to the area as “Black Wall Street.” Whites became jealous of black success.Continue reading “What role did the City of Tulsa play in the 1921 Race Massacre?”
How many homes were burned down June 1, 1921?
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. MoreContinue reading “How many homes were burned down June 1, 1921?”