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History Workshop Series “Whose Streets?” Article on Black Wall Street

by Hannibal B. Johnson | Feb 17, 2021 | Article

“Early in the twentieth century, place, space, and race converged to create a dynamic counterpoint to Black economic exclusion and exploitation. The African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Greenwood District, centred around Greenwood Avenue just north...

A Look Back On Black Wall Street

by Hannibal B. Johnson | Feb 3, 2021 | Article

Here’s an excerpt, click the link below to view the piece in its entirety on FOX16. “Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a city diverse in its people and culture, fueled by a complicated past. Some of which involves the historic Greenwood District, better known as Black Wall Street,...

PBS Article On Black Wall Street

by Hannibal B. Johnson | Feb 2, 2021 | Article

Here’s an excerpt, click the link below to view the piece in its entirety on PBS. “Piles of rubble still smoldered in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s African American district when educator and activist W. E. B. DuBois reflected on the conditions leading up to what...

TEDx Tulsa – How To Heal Our History

by Hannibal B. Johnson | Jan 6, 2021 | Article

The following summary is provided to TED by TEDxTulsaCC The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed a thriving African American business district and killed scores of black citizens. Time and deliberate obfuscation resulted in a loss of historical knowledge about the...

Zarrow Mental Health Symposium | The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and Historical Racial Trauma

by Hannibal B. Johnson | Oct 9, 2020 | Article

Hannibal B. Johnson’s Zarrow Mental Health Symposium keynote address, The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and Historical Racial Trauma. In this talk, Johnson explores historical racial trauma in the United States in general and Oklahoma in particular. He discusses...