*This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On May 31 and June 1, 1921 angry white supremacists destroyed the Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, killing as many as 300 people, destroying more than 1,000 homes and burning Black businesses. An estimated 8,000 people were left homeless and the victims were never compensated. The incident was hidden from history for decades but is now recognized as the single worst episode of racial violence in the United States.
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Parrish’s book Includes an afterword by her great-granddaughter Anneliese M. Bruner and an introduction by the late historian and activist John Hope Franklin and New York Times bestselling author Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice. The testimonies shine light on Black residents’ bravery and the horror of seeing their neighbors gunned down and their community lost to flames. Although the story is a hundred years old, elements of its racial injustices are still being replayed in the streets of America today.
We caught up with Ms. Bruner to dish about the book, what she hopes teachers and students learn from it, the book’s role in the current debates about racial justice, and her thoughts about efforts to rebuild Greenwood. Check out our conversation via the clip below.
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