One hundred years ago, the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, was a prosperous Black community with thriving businesses, including grocery stores, banks, libraries, and much more; one of the most affluent African-American communities in the country, leading to the nickname, "Black Wall Street."

The Tulsa race massacre took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked black residents and businesses. The event remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, and one of the least-known: News reports were largely squelched, despite the fact that hundreds of people were killed and thousands left homeless.

The Meacham Park Neighborhood Improvement Association & Greentree Community Church has partnered with the City of Kirkwood to recognize and provide an opportunity to build awareness about this part of our collective national history.