The history of racist violence and injustice surrounding Tulsa’s Greenwood District marks a painful chapter from Tulsa’s past that continues to resonate to the present day. Dubbed “Black Wall Street” in the early twentieth century, the community was the focus of murderous attacks and arson in the late spring of 1921, which left much of the thriving community in ashes. Descendants of the families subjected to those attacks have spent over a century seeking to have their story heard and to find some kind of justice for the incredible losses they and their families have suffered.

On June 14, 2024, the National Humanities Center invited two members of the Greenwood community who have actively worked to preserve that history and secure justice for descendants, Chief Egunwale Amusan and Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, to sit down with journalist David Folkenflik for a public conversation hosted by the Greenwood Cultural Center.

Learn more and listen to the conversation here.