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...
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...
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...
by Hannibal B. Johnson | Sep 26, 2020 | Article
BBC program, “The Forum,” The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Listen now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjvy
by Hannibal B. Johnson | Aug 20, 2020 | Article
“On May 31, 1921, the entire Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was destroyed and hundreds of its Black residents were murdered by a White mob. The massacre and the destruction of the prosperous enclave, dubbed “Black Wall Street,” was the single largest...
by Hannibal B. Johnson | Aug 5, 2020 | Article
“The year is 1921. With industry in widespread support of segregation across the United States, it’s no surprise that white-owned newspapers framed their coverage to favor white people and vilify African Americans. According to research from the Oklahoma History...
