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FREE Historically Speaking: Tulsa Race Massacre Program at the Downtown Library

FREE Historically Speaking: Tulsa Race Massacre Program at the Downtown Library

Date/Time

February 15, 2020 to February 15, 2020
02:00 PM until 03:00 PM

Description

Features local historian Bruce Fisher as he shares about one of the worst, but least known, incidents of racial violence with recorded firsthand accounts from survivors.

Following World War I, the Greenwood District in Tulsa was nationally known as "Black Wall Street" due to the thriving and affluent community of African Americans and African American run businesses in the area. After a young black teenager named Dick Rowland was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a young white woman named Sarah Page, racial tensions became a powder keg that ended with 1000s of white Tulsans invading the Greenwood District, looting and burning homes and buildings as they went.

Preregister. Topics discussed may not be suited for all ages. The program is designed for teens and adults.

Location

Downtown Library
300 Park Ave,
Oklahoma City, 73102, OK , USA
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Additional Information

Phone

231-8650

Cost

FREE

Ages

14 & up

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