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A capacity crowd of about 600 people gathered at the Greenwood Cultural Center for the first John Hope Franklin Dinner of Reconciliation. The spirit of the evening was reflected in the diversity of the audience and the significance of the words spoken. Read the Tulsa World Story here.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Greenwood Cultural Center for a community-wide meeting on Assessing Race Relations in Tulsa.  Click here to download a copy of the invitation.

Tulsa World: As former President Bill Clinton joined a lengthy list of academics memorializing John Hope Franklin on Thursday, work was set to begin on the Tulsa park named for the distinguished historian and one of Tulsa’s most famous sons. Read More

Tulsa World: Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Riot devastated black homes and businesses in one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, Tulsans have dedicated a park to the memory of the tragedy and the ongoing racial reconciliation.  Read More