Oklahoma Pastor Wants Voters to Create New Law to Commemorate Tulsa Race Massacre

Oklahoma pastor wants voters to create new law to commemorate Tulsa Race Massacre

Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church stands on North Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa. The church was rebuilt after being destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY – A Tulsa woman wants June 1 designated as a day to remember the 1921 race massacre. Francetta L. Mays earlier this month filed paperwork with the Oklahoma Secretary of State’s office in hopes of putting the idea before voters …

A Tulsa pastor is taking the first steps to designate a new state holiday. Greenwood Remembrance and Reconciliation Day would “recognize and honor the victims and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre