Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and descendants will host the
'Black Wall Street Legacy Festival' to commemorate the
centennial! 

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Dear John, 

Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and descendants of victims will
host the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival starting on May 28th in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, to commemorate the Centennial of one of the worst occurrences of
violence against Black people in US history. 

The series of community-led events will take place in Tulsa’s Greenwood
neighborhood and center the hundreds who lost their lives during the
atrocity, as well as the survivors and descendants who continue fighting
for justice a century later.

The Festival is headlined by the last known massacre survivors --
106-year-old Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle, 107-year-old Viola
“Mother” Fletcher, and 100-year-old Hughes Van Ellis -- who will lead a
procession and participate in an event honoring their legacy.

Panels throughout the weekend will explore urgent issues, ranging from the
needs of the community that still lives with the consequences of the
massacre every day, to the erasure of essential history, to the state and
future of Black Wall Street.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
are among the leaders, entertainers and activists from across the nation
who will participate in the festival. The event will also feature a series
of musical performances by Tulsa artist and community leader Steph Simon,
gospel singer John P Kee, and local talent headlined by Fire in Little
Africa. Other newly announced participants include Alfre Woodard, Jay
Ellis, Ben Crump, Wesley Lowery, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Daniel Roumain,
and Brandan “BMike” Odums.

The Festival begins on the weekend of May 28, the anniversary of the Tulsa
Race Massacre, and lasts through the celebration of Juneteenth on June 19.

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