I crashed a party today. The grand opening of the long awaited opening of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in the Greenwood area of downtown Tulsa.
The Park features a 25 foot tall memorial tower that depicts the history of the African American struggle starting in Africa and continuing until today and includes several segments concerning the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.
All sorts of people were there. Including people with lots bigger cameras than mine.
There were politicians there. Many of them men with makeup on, perfect teeth, and nice haircuts. There were also lots of school kids.
And a marching band.
I’ll have more to say on this great day for Tulsa later.
What a marvelous, wonderful park! These days it’s wonderful to see something like this and I do look forward to learning more from your next post! I would like to think that there are more people working towards Reconciliation than the kind of politics we are hearing today – more hatred, bitterness, anger, anything that will further divide us. Great post and photos!
Sylvia
Awesome post Yogi.
@Kathy – Thanks!
sounds like a wonderful event. Reconciliation is the way to go. Race relations are not where they should be yet, but they sure have come a long way in my lifetime.