Dick Rowland

Forgotten History or Selective Memory?

Wendy GladneyJune 3, 2021

On Monday, May 31st CNN Films premiered the showing of DREAMLAND: The Burning of Black Wall Street. This cinematic documentary executive produced by LeBron James, celebrates, and shares the rich cultural history that existed in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma at that time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, earning it the name, “Black Wall Street.”

History Opinion

Recognizing the Centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Special to the National Newspaper Publishers AssociationJune 3, 2021

The Tulsa Race Massacre is a prime example of inflaming issues and ignoring history. They both significantly lead to the inability and failure to learn the real lessons that true history can teach us. It was the inflammatory reporting of the chance encounter of a young Black man, Dick Rowland; and a young white elevator operator, Sarah Page, that ignited one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in our nation’s history.