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As Black women fight for equal pay, another battle quietly looms: preserving what we’ve earned. With new federal estate laws threatening wealth transfer, protecting our legacy is no longer optional.
Cyclists from Oklahoma City complete Ride4Equity, a 1,600-mile trek from Tulsa to New York City, raising awareness for racial ...
A Movement, Not a Moment *Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina and fifty-five years after the founding of Essence magazine, the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture—presented by Coca-Cola—marked its 31st ...
Otis Clark (age 18) narrowly escaped while his stepfather was killed and his home burned down, witnessing the destruction of ...
The Black Wall Street Rally is bringing thousands of motorcyclists to Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District.
The historic Greenwood District of Tulsa will once again pulse with energy as the 4th Annual Black Wall Street Rally returns May 15-17, 2025. Under the theme “Paving the Way Forward,” this ...
“Beautiful, bustling, and Black”—that was how author, attorney, and activist Hannibal B. Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District in his book “Black Wall Street: From Riot ...
The Greenwood district in Tulsa, famously known as Black Wall Street, was a thriving economic powerhouse where Black entrepreneurs, professionals, and families flourished.
The bill would establish Tulsa’s Greenwood District, otherwise known as Black Wall Street, a national monument under the National Park System.
More about Greenwood Rising: The Rise of Black Wall Street: Greenwood Rising: The Rise of Black Wall Street is a must-watch historical drama that tells the untold true story of O.W. Gurley, his ...
Greenwood Rising: The Rise of Black Wall Street is a must-watch historical drama that tells the untold true story of O.W. Gurley, his wife Emma, and their rise from humble beginnings. Together ...
The federal review is being conducted by the Civil Rights Division’s Cold Case Unit, under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.