Volume 2, Issue 2 April/May 2022
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GREENWOOD RISING: Exploring the Impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma and Beyond
A Black History Month collaboration between the Black Student Association and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion led to a group of students and the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion visiting Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 26th. Greenwood Rising, which opened in 2021, is a new space that comprehensively addresses the tragic, unfortunate, and life-altering events that led to the death and destruction of a thriving Black town. The innovative space is full of interactive opportunities to learn about the people, as well as the place. “To see artifacts, hear voices, and read history was immediately life changing. Walking through and sitting in the space allowed for some necessary reflection. I found myself experiencing deep emotion thinking about the ripple effect of all that was lost and all who lost their lives. We have to be willing to supplement our education and stay vigilant,” says Dr. Talia Carroll, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
On the corner of N Greenwood Avenue and E Archer Street, Greenwood Rising is situated along the same thoroughfare that used to be the beating heart of "Black Wall Street" until Memorial Day Weekend 1921 when terrorists destroyed more than 1,400 homes and businesses in the Greenwood District in the deadliest act of domestic terrorism on American soil.
