Greenwood Today
The effects of the Tulsa Race Riot are still being felt in 2015.
In 1997, Oklahoma Legislature created a commission to properly investigate the riots. The results of the report were issued in 2001, recommending a payment of reparations to the ancestors and living survivors of the riots. Nothing ever came of this decision.
In 2003, survivors of the race riot brought a lawsuit against the Tulsa Police Department due to that agencies active participation in the rioting. The case was dismissed in 2004 with a citation of the expiration of the statute of limitations as the reason.
The Mt. Zion Baptist church was painstakingly rebuilt. The main area of rioting has been converted to grounds that house campuses for Tulsa branches of Langston University and Oklahoma State University. The two campus share facilities as a sign of commitment.
The John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park was built and dedicated in 2008 in downtown Tulsa. It chronicles the events and destruction, as well as presenting an eye toward moving forward.
However, many remnants of the racism that perpetuated the heinous act remain. Many of the displaced black families still live in the poor areas they were relocated to after the riot. Likewise, Tate Brady's name still resides on many of the buildings and institutions around the area, including the popular Brady District. Efforts to remove his name from Tulsa have not yet happened.
In 1997, Oklahoma Legislature created a commission to properly investigate the riots. The results of the report were issued in 2001, recommending a payment of reparations to the ancestors and living survivors of the riots. Nothing ever came of this decision.
In 2003, survivors of the race riot brought a lawsuit against the Tulsa Police Department due to that agencies active participation in the rioting. The case was dismissed in 2004 with a citation of the expiration of the statute of limitations as the reason.
The Mt. Zion Baptist church was painstakingly rebuilt. The main area of rioting has been converted to grounds that house campuses for Tulsa branches of Langston University and Oklahoma State University. The two campus share facilities as a sign of commitment.
The John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park was built and dedicated in 2008 in downtown Tulsa. It chronicles the events and destruction, as well as presenting an eye toward moving forward.
However, many remnants of the racism that perpetuated the heinous act remain. Many of the displaced black families still live in the poor areas they were relocated to after the riot. Likewise, Tate Brady's name still resides on many of the buildings and institutions around the area, including the popular Brady District. Efforts to remove his name from Tulsa have not yet happened.