Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Dedicated
City of Tulsa leaders and other dignitaries were on hand Wednesday for the dedication of the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park at 415 North Detroit.
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM THE SOULFUL JOURNEY TULSA, OK MAY 31, 2017
The 2017 John Hope Franklin National Symposium discovers the importance of Art & Culture and the role it plays in the reconciliation of the races in the United States and around the world.
The opening ceremonies were free and open to the public and included The Soulful Journey production. An exclusive production inspired by Dr. Teresa Reed's bookThe Holy Profane Soulful Journey explores African and African-American history through music. Black music has profoundly shaped our history, religion, politics and society. All Souls invited all to honor, uplift, learn and participate in this rich heritage as the All Souls choirs, cast and ministers join local artists to bring this production to life.
“Soulful Journey” featured Arthur Thompson and A Taste of Africa, David B. Smith and the New Dimensions Chorale, Rick Fortner, Barron Ryan, Tavis Minner, Eldridge Jackson, Majeste Pearson, and Phena Hackett.
Places to see in ( Tulsa - USA )
Places to see in ( Tulsa - USA )
Tulsa is a city on the Arkansas River, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It’s known for its art deco architecture, mostly in the central Deco District. Landmarks like the Philcade and Philtower buildings reflect a 20th-century construction boom fueled by the prosperous local oil industry. The Philbrook Museum of Art is housed in an Italianate villa that was once the home of a local oil magnate.
Tulsa lies in northeastern Oklahoma, within the state's Green Country, and at the convergence of the Great Plains and the Ozark Plateau. The wide and shallow Arkansas River runs through the metro, and numerous lakes, reservoirs, smaller rivers, and wooded hills enliven the landscape.
Winters are cool to mild. Being exposed to plains winds, arctic freezing is not unknown, but it does not last long. There is not much snow, just a few inches each year, typically, but ice storms are more of a concern. The months April through June are stormy, and, Tulsa being in Tornado Alley, twisters will make an appearance - though they tend to appear in the flatter countryside. Summers are hot. It will often be above 90 degrees from May through September. Fall is the best time of year: mild temperatures, a nice breeze (all of Oklahoma is breezy), and changing tree colors. Tulsa has over 225 days of sunshine annually. In all, the city receives an average of 40 inches of precipitation each year, which helps keep Tulsa and Green Country green.
There are more nearly a million people in the metro area. Tulsa is often paired with its neighbor Broken Arrow, itself the fourth largest city in the state, though Tulsa is clearly the big brother. Here you will find a combination of western, Midwestern, and southern charm, along with a cosmopolitan atmosphere. The people love their city and are welcoming and eager to help you find your way. You may notice that Tulsa has one of the largest concentrations of Art Deco design in the country, and other mid-century architecture, a result of having been a boom-town from the 1920s through 1950s. Oil was what made Tulsa. Wealthy barons such as Frank Phillips built stately mansions for themselves but also beautified the city along the way.
As a result the city has a skyline that, until recently, bested Oklahoma City's. Tulsa likes to think of itself as the cultural capital of the state, boasting notable museums, universities, restaurants, festivals, quirky neighborhoods, and especially music - particularly country and blues musicians. Stars from Roy Clark to Leon Russell to Garth Brooks all made their start here.
A lot to see in Tulsa Oklahoma such as :
Philbrook Museum of Art
Blue Whale
Tulsa Zoo
Oklahoma Aquarium
Center of the Universe
Gilcrease Museum
Golden Driller Statue
Woodward Park
River Spirit Casino Resort
Turkey Mountain Park
Tulsa Botanic Garden
Safari Joe's H2O
Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area
Oxley Nature Center
Guthrie Green
LaFortune Park
Chandler Park
Mohawk Park
Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium
Redbud Valley Nature Preserve
Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab
Osage Casino
River Parks
Woody Guthrie Center
Ray Harral Nature Park
Utica Square
Hunter Park
The Cave House - Linda Collier
Rhema Bible Church
Boston Avenue United Methodist Church
Haikey Creek Park
Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
River Parks Trail
Gathering Place
River West Festival Park
Linnaeus Teaching Gardens
Rose District
Joe Station Dog Park
Biscuit Acres Dog Park
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park
Philbrook Downtown
DECOPOLIS Tulsa Art Deco Museum
Leake Park
Centennial Park
Route 66 Historical Village
11th Street Arkansas River Bridge
Washington Irving Memorial Park and Arboretum
Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza
Tulsa Port of Catoosa
( Tulsa - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Tulsa . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tulsa - USA
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Things to Do in Tulsa, OK | 10K Road Trip Vlog Day 16
We spent our second day in Tulsa exploring the city. We saw a lot of great art deco architecture and a lot of random sites, including the 5th tallest statue in the US and a spot claiming to be the Center of the Universe. It was weird. And cool.
This is Day 16 of our 10,000 mile road trip across the US.
Check out our first day in Tulsa here:
Timestamps:
0:01 - Oral Roberts University (random architecture)
1:07 - Boston Avenue United Methodist Church (amazing Art Deco)
2:05 - Inside the church
3:57 - Downtown Tulsa, Philcade Building
4:14 - Tulsa Union Depot (Jazz Hall of Fame)
4:18 - Center of the Universe (acoustic anomaly)
5:43 - John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park
6:25 - Guthrie Green free live music
6:43 - Street Art and murals in Tulsa's East Village
7:11 - Boxyard
7:30 - Tulsa Fire Alarm Building (Art Deco)
7:42 - Tulsa's Route 66 remnants
8:21 - Golden Driller (5th tallest statue in the United States at 75' tall)
8:56 - Warren Theater (Art Deco movie theater)
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What's going on here?
We quit our jobs, left New York City, bought a car, and decided to spend the summer driving around the US. The plan is to hit at least 35 states and cover more than 10,000 miles. Watch from the beginning here:
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By My Side by Craves
High Above by Nicolai Heidlas
Filmed on June 11, 2017 on a Canon G7X Mark II.
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Our Gear:
Canon G7X Mark II: (it’s amazing and basically sees in the dark)
Canon G7X: (the original is almost as good, but less expensive)
Joby Gorillapod: (fantastic versatile bendy tripod – this is the slightly smaller “action” version that’s easier to travel with and comes with a mount for a camera and a gopro)
Macbook Air: (we edit everything on Final Cut Pro on a Macbook Air, which is light and easy to travel with)
External Hard Drive: (the videos are a little too big for the macbook air to handle, so I edit everything off an external hard drive)
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 (Interview with Julius Pegues)
Building on two decades of experience at The Bronx Defenders, we know that holistic defense achieves better results for our clients. Our mission at Still She Rises is to bring this model and expertise to the women of North Tulsa. In this short video, Julius Pegues, Chairman of the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Center, tells us about the history of North Tulsa.
Still She Rises, Tulsa is the first public defender office in the country dedicated exclusively to the representation of mothers in the criminal justice system. To learn more about this project of The Bronx Defenders, visit
Greenwood Historical District
The Greenwood District was once one of the most affluent African American communities in the United States with a population of over 10,000 people. The area thrived, and the main thoroughfare through the area on Greenwood Avenue was known as “Black Wall Street” by the 1920s. Black doctors, lawyers and businessmen had their offices along this street. In 1921, the Tulsa Race Riot became one of the worst acts of violence spurned by racism in American history. During the mid-1920s, the area was rebuilt and soon thrived again. You can learn about the vast and interesting history of the Greenwood District at the Greenwood Cultural Center and the Mabel B. Little Heritage House. The Guess Building survived the Race Riot and is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park is a beautiful and moving memorialization of those who were affected by the 1921 riot.
Sterling Matthews - How Am I Supposed to Feel?
Tulsa poet Sterling Matthews delivers a powerful spoken word he wrote in the aftermath of the Mike Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Set in the beautiful backdrop of the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this poem is a must listen. Produced, Directed and Edited by Mike Williams and Aces High Studios, special thanks goes out to Anthony Gaba-Delacroix and his wife Deborah, and to Quinton Kelly.
Video: CAIR-OK Joins Interfaith Rally Against Islamophobia and Racism
CAIR-OK to Participate in #HateFreeTulsa Peace Rally
(TULSA, OK, 1/16/16) – On Saturday, January 16 at 1pm, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will participate in the #HateFreeTulsa Peace Rally at the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa to show support for the Oklahoma Muslim community and to stand for peace. This rally is part of a larger movement to demonstrate interfaith solidarity in response to heightened anti-Muslim sentiment and hate crimes.
WHAT: #HateFreeTulsa Peace Rally
WHEN: Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 1 PM (Local Time)
WHERE: John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, 321 N Detroit Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120
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Two young Tulsans, Ishak Hossain and Farah Naqvi, organized this event, which is focused on amplifying the voices of the Tulsa community in order to speak out against Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia.
In partnership with The Peace Project and CAIR-OK, Hossain and Naqvi invite all community members to come show support and demonstrate solidarity with American Muslims. Signs will be provided.
This is the first #HateFreeTulsa event to take place. Similar events have been held in the OKC metro area since CAIR-OK launched the Hate Free initiative to promote building bridges of peace and understanding and to combat message of hate.
SEE: '#HateFreeOKC' Panel, Crowd Discuss Concerns About Bigotry in Oklahoma
CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
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CONTACT: CAIR-OK Operations Coordinator Anna Facci, 918-269-7924; CAIR-OK Civil Rights Director Veronica Laziure, 405-430-9877, vlaizure@cair.com
Greenwood, Tulsa | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:36 1 History
00:01:45 1.1 Roots
00:05:37 1.2 Black Wall Street
00:09:26 1.3 O.W. Gurley
00:13:38 1.4 1921 Massacre
00:18:48 1.5 Foundation of Resentment
00:20:50 1.6 Improvements
00:22:10 1.7 The Legacy of Tulsa Race Riots
00:24:00 2 Historic status
00:25:02 3 Landmarks
00:25:11 3.1 Greenwood Cultural Center
00:26:49 3.2 John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park
00:28:03 4 See also
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Greenwood is a historic freedom colony in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As one of the most prominent concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States during the early 20th century, it was popularly known as America's Black Wall Street until the Tulsa race riot of 1921, in which white residents massacred 26 black residents, injuring hundreds more, and razed the neighborhood within hours. The riot was one of the most devastating massacres in the history of U.S. race relations, destroying the once thriving Greenwood community.
Within ten years after the massacre, surviving residents who chose to remain in Tulsa rebuilt much of the district. They accomplished this despite the opposition of many white Tulsa political and business leaders and punitive rezoning laws enacted to prevent reconstruction. It resumed being a vital black community until segregation was overturned by the Federal Government during the 1950s and 1960s. Desegregation encouraged blacks to live and shop elsewhere in the city, causing Greenwood to lose much of its original vitality. Since then, city leaders have attempted to encourage other economic development activity nearby.
TEDxTulsa - Rand Suffolk - (Re) Visioning Progress
Rand Suffolk - TEDxTulsa
Rand Suffolk became the director and president of the Philbrook Museum of Art in June of 2007. The museum has approximately 65 full-time employees and and annual budget of $6 million. Rand has curated more thank 25 exhibitions and has served as a juror, panel member or guest lecturer for a variety of art-related organizations and programs. He has also served on the boards of numerous community and statewide nonprofit organizations and currently serves on the boards of the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation and the VisitTulsa Advisory Board. A resident of Tulsa, Rand earned a bachelor's in English from Connecticut College, a master's in higher education administration from Columbia University and a master's in art history from Bryn Mawr College.
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.
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Tulsa Race Massacre Expert Hannibal Johnson speaks with OC President deSteiguer
Many people do not remember or know about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Expert historian Hannibal Johnson sets out to change that. In this interview with President deSteiguer, Johnson dives into how he is helping change how we remember history. His solution is to acknowledge, apologize, and atone.
Race Riot commission turns tragedy to triumph
Race Riot commission turns tragedy to triumph
Slavery and Global Public History Conference: Between History and Memory
Friday, Session 4
What role can and should the conventional historian play in informing and driving historical exhibitions and shaping public memory? Scholars and practitioners of slavery and its public presentation discuss edges and borders between public memory and the worlds of conventional historical scholarship.
Speakers:
Keila Grinberg, Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
Paul Gardullo, Museum Curator, The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Wayne Modest, Head of the Research Centre for Material Culture for Tropenmuseum, Afrika Museum, and Museum Volkenkunde (National Museum van Wereldculturen)
Moderator: Philip Gould, Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English, Brown University
December 2, 2016
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Dr. Cornel West - “The Profound Desire for Justice
West presented this keynote address at the University of Southern Indiana on October 12, 2016 as the culmination of the University's Mandela Social Justice Day.
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Will Rogers was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Industrial Workers of the World | Wikipedia audio article
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Industrial Workers of the World
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- improves your listening skills
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed Wobblies, is an international labor union that was founded in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The union combines general unionism with industrial unionism, as it is a general union whose members are further organized within the industry of their employment. The philosophy and tactics of the IWW are described as revolutionary industrial unionism, with ties to both socialist and anarchist labor movements.
In the 1910s and early 1920s, the IWW achieved many of their short-term goals, particularly in the American West, and cut across traditional guild and union lines to organize workers in a variety of trades and industries. At their peak in August 1917, IWW membership was more than 150,000, with active wings in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The extremely high rate of IWW membership turnover during this era (estimated at 133% per decade) makes it difficult for historians to state membership totals with any certainty, as workers tended to join the IWW in large numbers for relatively short periods (e.g., during labor strikes and periods of generalized economic distress).Due to several factors, membership declined dramatically in the late 1910s and 1920s. There were conflicts with other labor groups, particularly the American Federation of Labor (AFL), which regarded the IWW as too radical, while the IWW regarded the AFL as too conservative and dividing workers by craft. Membership also declined due to government crackdowns on radical, anarchist and socialist groups during the First Red Scare after World War I. In Canada the IWW was outlawed by the federal government.
Probably the most decisive factor in the decline in IWW membership and influence, however, was a 1924 schism in the organization, from which the IWW never fully recovered.The IWW promotes the concept of One Big Union, and contends that all workers should be united as a social class to supplant capitalism and wage labor with industrial democracy. They are known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which workers elect their managers and other forms of grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented. IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union.In 2012, the IWW moved its General Headquarters offices to 2036 West Montrose, Chicago. The origin of the nickname Wobblies is uncertain.