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Using the creative arts to educate and inspire youth to further human rights for all people. Raising awareness about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Jun 18, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
As Tulsa, OK has been in the news lately, we have been revisiting some lesser discussed vital American history: The #tulsaracemassacre in 1921 in Tulsa’s Greenwood District (also known as Black Wall Street.) Learn more (and listen to interviews) at tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-t… Even though the Tulsa Race Massacre saw white rioters burn 36 blocks of the African American neighborhood, and historians estimate over 300 people may have died, many are just learning about this event 99 years after it happened.