You can give today at http://www.1256movement.org, become a recurring donor, or introduce our work to someone who shares our vision. A popular way to give is with donor advised funds sent directly to 1256 Movement by check or into our Ameriprise account. Email info@1256movement.org for details.
Tag Archives: reparations
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”
2024 Annual Report
What is 1256 Movement about to do in 2025? Applicants We are asking applicants who submitted applications between 2020-2023 and were not accepted, to re-apply here. In 2025, our plan is to organize applications quarterly and make awards four times in the year. So if you do not get accepted in the first quarter ofContinue reading “2024 Annual Report”
2023 Annual Report
Public Invited to Read Annual Report to 1256 Movement Applicants and Donors Applicants Thank you to more than two hundred (200) of you who have applied for reparation home improvement grants from 1256 Movement. The good news is that we have conveyed to sixteen (16) families funds to improve their homes. In three years, 1256Continue reading “2023 Annual Report”
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.
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.”
Build My Blessing!
In this 1256 Movement video you can hear homeowner Kamaria Clardy share her heart about how it feels to see her 70-year-old home restored to new life for her family. She says, “Thank you 1256 for helping me re-build my blessing. It’s what my family has known, my children have known, what I have known. I am so grateful to keep my blessing!”
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.