Like the racial violence that has ravaged many American cities, the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot left a civic wound that remains unhealed. The story of that riot has not been fully told for almost 90 years, leaving a city divided by distrust. By memorializing the tragedy of the old story, John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park begins to repair that division. Then its central Tower of Reconciliation celebrates the African-American experience in Oklahoma from 1540 to the present.

While honoring the past, the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation is writing a new story – a narrative of cooperation and trust.
The Center’s mission is to transform society’s divisions into social harmony
through the serious study and work of reconciliation. Through education, scholarship and community outreach, the Center will lead the national
dialogue on reconciliation – finding new ways for Americans to live together well.

Come, help us tell a new story – for our city and our nation.