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>>> HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

THIS WEEK OUR NEWSCAST IS DEVOTED TO A REMARKABLE WEEK OF REMEMBRANCE COUPLED WITH A RENEWED CALL OF ACTION.

IN MANY WAYS, THEY WERE AS HISTORIC AS THE TERRIBLE EVENT IN 1921.

PERHAPS MORE SIGNIFICANT, THE FIRST VISIT BY THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE DELIVERED EMPATHY AND ACTION GOING FORWARD.

>> AIR FORCE 1 ARRIVED IN TULSA JUST BEFORE 1:00 TUESDAY, WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN QUICKLY MAKING HIS WAY TO THE GREENWOOD CULTURAL CENTER WHERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITED OUTSIDE HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE PRESIDENT.

INSTEAD HE ENTERED THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, AND TOURED.

BEFORE DELIVERING A SPEECH HE SAID HE WANTED ALL BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA TO HEAR.

>> RENOUNCING TWO EXPANDED EFFORTS TARGETED TO BLACK WEALTH CREATION THAT'LL ALSO HELP THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

FIRST IS MY ADMINISTRATION IS LAUNCHED AN AGGRESSIVE EFFORT TO COMBAT RACIAL -- IN HOUSING.

FROM RED LINING TO THE CRUEL FACT THAT A HOME OWNED BY A BLACK FAMILY IS TOO OFTEN APPRAISED AT A LOWER VALUE THAN A HOME OWNED BY A WHITE FAMILY.

>> IT OCCURRED ON MAY 31 AND JUNE 1 OF 1921.

THEY USED A BOGUS SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIM TO ATTACK BLACK PEOPLE, THEY BURNED 40 BLOCKS OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE AFFLUENT GREENWOOD DISTRICT.

10,000 WERE LEFT HOMELESS, REAL ESTATE WAS TAKEN AWAY.

100 YEARS LATER, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL STEER $500 BILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY TO MINORITY BUSINESSES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>> I'M GOING TO INCREASE THE SHARE OF THE DOLLAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPEND TO SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES, INCLUDING BLACK AND BROWN SMALL BUSINESSES.

MOVE IT TO 15% OF EVERY THAT ARE SPENT.

LET'S UNLOCK MORE THAN INCREDIBLE CREATIVITY.

FROM THE BLACK COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES.

INVEST IN RESEARCH CENTERS AND LABS IN HIGH DEMAND FIELDS TO COMPETE IN GOOD PAYING JOBS.

THE REASON THEY DON'T, THE STUDENTS ARE EQUALLY ABLE TO LEARN AS WELL AND GET THE GOOD PAYING JOBS.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PROVIDE AND BUILD THE LABS.

GUESS WHAT?

THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY.

>> SIX HOURS BEFORE HIS SPEECH AT THE TULSA DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER, SOME OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL BLACK MIND IN AMERICA GATHERED FOR THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT DAY.

>> PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, HOW DO YOU MANAGE DEBT, HOW TO BUY A HOME.

>> HE'S AN OU GRADUATE.

>> 63% OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN BLACK AMERICA WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ACCESS TO CAPITAL.

WE'RE BRINGING TODAY PRIVATE EQUITY, HEDGE FUNDS, AND BANKS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS.

>> THERE'S BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT FIRMS AND 401 K PLANS ALL OVER AMERICA.

>> 9% OF ALL THE ASSESS MANAGERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE BLACK OWNED.

WE MANAGE LESS THAN 1%.

>> THE WEALTH GAP BETWEEN WHITES AND BLACKS IN AMERICA IS THE SAME THAT IT WAS IN 1960.

>> I'M A CHILD OF A GENERATIONAL BUSINESSES, AND I SAW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FOR THE BUSINESSES TO NOT HAVE THE CAPITAL THEY NEED.

I HOPE 100 YEARS FROM NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION.

AND MOVE FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH.

>> FAMOUS ACTOR, AUTHOR -- BLACK FAMILIES SHOULD CONSIDER CRYPTO CURRENCY AS A WAY TO KEEP UP.

>> I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, THE CURRENT WEALTHY GAP IN THE COUNTRY IS NOT UNMOVING, IT'S MOVING IN THE WRONG WAY.

THE ROAD TO ZERO WEALTH TELLS US THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE HEADED TO ZERO WEALTH BY 2053 IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.

YA'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.

>> THE BLACK ENTERPRISE PRESIDENT AND CEO SAYS HE'S SKEPTICAL OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

>> WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED WITH THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, IT WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, NOT MET WITH INVESTMENT IN DOLLARS BEHIND IT.

WE NEED TO SEE SPECIFIC INVESTMENT AND DOLLARS BEHIND IT.

GEARED TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MARKET.

DO NOT USE THE WORD DIVERSE.

OR MULTICULTURAL.

DIVERSE IS A DIVERSION AWAY FROM THE WORD BLACK.

USE THE WORD BLACK.

TELL ME WHAT YOU'LL DO FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR.

THAT'S IT.

SPECIFICALLY.

UNAPOLOGYICLY.

>> ACTUALLY REBUILDING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, FILLING THE SIDEWALKS AND CRACKS.

CREATING SPACE, SPACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY SAFE.

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, CLEAN WATER AND AIR.

NEARBY GROCERY STORES.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN DO.

DOES ANYONE DOUBT THE WHOLE NATION WILL BE BETTER OFF WITH THESE INVESTMENTS?

>> HE LEFT THE WAY HE WALKED IN, THROUGH A BACK DOOR.

BUT PEOPLE SAW THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON.

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THE DAY FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MARKED THE DEDICATION OF THE GREENWOOD RISING HISTORY CENTER.

THE FACILITY THAT'S TRULY PROFOUND.

WE HAVE A FIRST LOOK INSIDE.

>> TODAY, WE GATHER ON THIS SACRED GROUND TO DEDICATE THE GREENWOOD RISING HISTORY CENTER.

>> THE MUSEUM IS A CULMINATION OF YEARS OF EFFORT STRETCHING BACK MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

>> IN 1997, WHEN THE TRAGEDY WAS STILL KNOWN AS A RIOT.

THE OKLAHOMA COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RIOT OF 1921 -- THESE ORIGINAL COMMISSIONERS LISTENED TO THE SURVIVORS AND THE DESCENDANTS.

TO LEARN MORE OF THEIR LIVES AND EXPERIENCES IN GREENWOOD AND DURING THE MASSACRE, AND THEIR WISHES WAS TO HAVE THEIR STORIES TOLD.

THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE.

>> ON WEDNESDAY, A CELEBRATION OF MONTHS OF HARD EFFORT TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.

>> IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS DID IN SIX MONTHS TIME.

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WOULD COME HERE AT 3 AND 4 AND 5 IN THE MORNING, THEY WOULD STAY UNTIL 7, 8, 9:00, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THIS PROJECT.

THEY WOULD COME ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

>> THE FRONT DOORS OPENING TO THE FAMILIES OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE MASSACRE.

>> THE FIRST GALLERY IS CALLED THE GREENWOOD SPIRIT, YOU LEARN HOW PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY CAME TO OKLAHOMA.

YOU'LL ALSO LEARN OF THE BUILDING OF THE GREENWOOD DISTRICT, THE EMERGENCE OF BLACK WALL STREET.

THE INNOVATORS AND ICONS.

AND FINALLY, WITNESS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD, A ONE OF A KIND BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT FOR A TRIM AND CHAT, STEPPING BACK IN TIME THROUGH A HOLOGRAPHIC MIRROR.

THE SECOND GALLERY EXPOSES SYSTEMS AND ACTIONS IN TULSA AND THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITIES.

>> IN THE SECOND GALLERY, THE CENTER PIECE OF THE MUSEUM.

THE MASSACRE ITSELF AS TOLD THROUGH THE VOICES OF THE SURVIVORS, AND DRAMATICALLY DEPICTED ON SCORCHED BRICK WALLS.

>> THE DESTRUCTION OF MEMORIES, OF HISTORY IS ANOTHER FORM OF HOLOCAUST.

THE FACT THIS MASSACRE WAS UNKNOWN FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, BEARS TESTAMENT TO THIS COUNTRY'S WILLFUL ACT OF FORGETTING.

>> TULSA HAS HARD HISTORY, WE TEACH IT.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY TO HELP US TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS.

>> THE THIRD GALLERY DEPICTS THE REBIRTH OF THE GREENWOOD DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE RENEWAL IN THE 70S, WITH THE BUILDING OF THE INTERSTATE THAT CUT THROUGH THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> WITHOUT RECEIVING INSURANCE, SUPPORT, THEY REBUILT THIS SPACE WE CALL GREENWOOD.

AND THEN THEY SUFFERED ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

WHEN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY CAME THROUGH THE HOLLOWED LAND.

AND LORD, TODAY, WE ARE SEEKING TO REBUILD GREENWOOD AGAIN.

>> THE TIME LINE OF THE MUSEUM CONCLUDES IN A LARGE SPACE THAT'S DESIGNED TO FOSTER CONVERSATION, TEACHING, LEARNING AND RECONCILIATION.

>> JUST THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MUSEUM IN OKLAHOMA CITY CARRIED ON THE VITAL WORK OF THOSE LOST AND ADDRESSING HATE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE GREENWOOD RISING CENTER NO DOUBT WILL DO THE SAME.

SERVING AS A BEACON TO ADDRESS RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY, AND EMPOWERING BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES OWNERS NOT JUST IN THE CITY AND STATE, BUT AROUND THE WORLD.

>> MY HOPE IS IT'S A CATALYST OF THE DIFFICULT WORK OF RECONCILIATION, AND GIVE THE TOOLS TO DIGEST, TO PROCESS, AND TO COPE.

SO IT COULD BE A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND AN EXAMPLE OF OUR NATION ON HOW TO CONFRONT THIS HISTORIC AND PRESENT DAY RACIAL TRAUMA.

>> IT'LL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JULY 3, AND FREE TO ALL VISITORS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OPEN.

>>> THANK YOU, IT IS A TREMENDOUS FACILITY.

>>> THERE'S TWO ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCING THE DOZENS OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> HE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF TULSA, AND OTHERS TO GET REPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENDANTS AND THE SURVIVORS OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

>> WE'RE FIGHTING FOR FOUR POINTS AND THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE.

>> POINT ONE, FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE MASSACRE.

>> MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ON THE BEHALF OF THE SURVIVORS AND THE DESCENDANTS.

>> AND THOSE WHO PERPETRATED THE MASSACRE, IS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> NOBODY IS ALIVE, BUT THE CITY IS ALIVE, THE CHAMBER IS ALIVE, THE STATE IS ALIVE, AND WE WANT THEM HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> AND THE THIRD IS TO MEET AND DOCUMENT EVERY LIVING DESCENDANT.

>> WE WANT TO KNOW YOU AND UNDERSTAND YOUR STORY, AND THAT YOU TAKE PACK YOUR NARRATIVE.

-- BACK YOUR NARRATIVE.

>> POINT FOUR, ENSURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE GREENWOOD MASSACRE STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE.

>> WE PLEDGE ANYTIME THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT GREENWOOD, THE MASSACRE THAT IT STARTS FIRST.

NOT WITH THE BUILDING, THE PLAQUES, THE TREES, NOT WITH THE MUSEUMS, IT STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE.

>> THAT'S WHERE THE JUSTICE FOR GREENWOOD FOUNDATION HAVE COME INTO CONFLICT.

REPORTEDLY, THE DEMANDS MADE TO EACH OF THE THREE LIVING SURVIVORS.

AND FUNDS SET THE UP FOR THE DESCENDANTS.

AROUND $30 MILLION WAS RAISED AND THE GREENWOOD RISING HISTORY CENTER.

>> IT BEGAN IN 2018, WHEN WE REBUILD TO THE COMMUNITY, THE DONORS, TO ANYONE.

>> THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.

>> WE BELIEVE IN REPARATIONS, MONETARY AND COMMUNAL.

>> THE PROJECTS CAN HELP THE NEEDED CONVERSATION ABOUT REPARATIONS.

>> IT'LL BRING THE WORLD'S ATTENTION TO THIS, AND THE NEXT OBVIOUS DISCUSSION THEN GOES TO WHY HAVEN'T THE MONETARY REPARATIONS EVER EVER BEEN ADDRESSED IN A FORMATIVE WAY BY THOSE CALLED INTO LIABLE IN THIS.

>> IN THE SYMPOSIUM ON SATURDAY, THAT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT REPARATIONS AND JUSTICE IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE ONE.

>> IT'LL BE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION -- HOW OUR PEOPLE ADVANCE.

>> IN THAT SAME SYMPOSIUM, THE SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS WILL LEAD TO BIGGER THINGS.

>> TULSA IS THE -- WE CANNOT -- >> CONGRESSWOMAN IS LEADING THE EFFORT FOR CONGRESS TO CONSIDER THE REPARATIONS.

>> AMERICA, THE CONSTITUTION SAYS IN ORDER TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION, TELL ME WHY YOU RUN AWAY FROM US, THE WAY TO HEAL AMERICA IS THE REPARATION OF THE TULSA DESCENDANTS OF THIS MASSACRE.

>> THE GREENWOOD DISTRICT IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A SUCCESSFUL BLACK COMMUNITY COULD BE IN AMERICA.

>> HERE'S MY ANSWER TO AMERICA.

SLAVES LEFT IN 100 YEARS, YOU GAVE THEM BROKEN RECONSTRUCTION, STARTED LYNCHING THEM.

84% OF THEM WERE BLACK.

TULSA WAS HERE.

>> SHE ASSERTS THE SPIRIT AND PEOPLE OF GREENWOOD ARE NOT DEAD.

>> PEOPLE COULD HAVE RAN AND NEVER CAME BACK, THEY'RE HERE.

THEY'RE GREENWOOD FOLKS, WHY BE AFRAID OF THEM, GIVE THEM THE REPARATIONS OF INTEGRITY.

>> THEY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE NONBINDING -- FOR THE ROLE IN THE MASSACRE.

AND COMMITS TO MAKING TANGIBLE AMENDS OF THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

JESSE JACKSON GAVE HIS SUPPORT TO THE COUNSEL.

OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THEY'LL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS FOR RECONCILIATION MADE IN THE 1921 TULSA RACE RIOT COMMISSION REPORT.

THAT STATES -- SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS REPARATIONS.

THE PROJECT MANAGER SAYS IT'LL SHINE A LIGHT.

>> OUR ABILITY TO SAY LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT RAISES THE AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY, AND WHEN PEOPLE COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SEE THIS, SEE THE VIE BRANSY OF BLACK AMERICANS, AND STARTING ASKING, HAVE ANYONE DONE ANYTHING?

THEY HAVE, THEY PAID FOR 200 PAGE PAPER THEY'VE NOT FOLLOWED UP ON.

>> WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE REPARATION FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I BELIEVE IT'S HELPING IN LEADING THE DISCUSSIONS OF RAISING THIS MONEY.

PRIVATE DONORS AND CITIZENS SHOULD NOT TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBLE OF THOSE LIABLE FOR THIS.

>> HOWEVER, THE JUSTICE IS NOT WAITING.

>> I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE, A LITTLE BITTY GRASS ROOT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WILL BE GRANTING A GIFT OF $100,000 FOR EACH SURVIVOR.

>> THE FOUNDATION RAISED FUNDS TO GIVE TO THE LIVING SURVIVORS, BUT IT DOESN'T FIX WHAT'S OWED.

>> THIS IS NOT REPARATIONS, THIS IS THE A GIFT.

WE MAKE A PLEDGE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO RAISE MONEY.

>> IT'LL LIKELY LEAD TO A CORPORATE BATTLE OVER WHO'S RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OF GREENWOOD WHOLE AGAIN.

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TWO OTHER SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, ONE AT NIGHT AND ONE IN THE MORNING.

THE TIME THE FIRST SHOTS RANG OUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 100 YEARS AGO OP AND AT THAT MOMENT, LIGHTS WENT OUT, AND 10 MINUTES OF SILENCE WERE OBSERVED.

>>> EARLIER THAT DAY, THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON JOINING TURNER IN A CEREMONY TO DEDICATE THE PRAYER WALL FOR HEALING AT THE CHURCH.

THE EXTERIOR BASEMENT WALL OF IF CHURCH WAS THE ONLY THING STANDING FOLLOWING THE MASSACRE.

>>> MEMBERS OF THE CLUB TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO OKLAHOMA.

THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS ARE THE LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLUB, AND THE MISSION IS TO ADDRESS NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTING THE LEGACY OF THEIR NAME SAKE.

>> OUR MAJOR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIER, AND DO GOOD IN THE HOOD, THAT'S COMMUNITY SERVICES.

ALL OF OUR CHAPTERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO SCHOLARSHIPS.

WE FUND RAISE AND GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS OUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THE ORIGINAL BUFFALO SOLDIERS WERE SIX ALL BLACK CALVARY -- MAINLY ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.

>>> MANY OF THE EVENT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

IN THIS WEEK'S IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION, SUSAN CADOT AND HER GUESTS TAKE A BEHIND THE SCENE LOOK.

>> THANK YOU, I'M JOINED BY A COUPLE OF GREAT GUESTS TO DISCUSS THIS TODAY IN THE WAKE OF THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

I'D HIKE TO THANK YOU FOR -- LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, I HAVE A FEELING, JUMP RIGHT IN AND GET MOVING ON THIS.

JESSICA YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR SOME TIME.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SUCCESSFUL EVENTS AND NOT SUCCESSFUL EVENTS.

HOW HAS THAT WORKED OUT?

>> WE ARE AT A POINT OF EXHAUSTION.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS COMMISSION FOR FIFE YEARS NOW -- FIVE YEARS NOW.

IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, IT'S BEEN AN UNDERTAKING.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS, MARKETING THE EVENTS AND DEALING WITH I WOULD CALL DISTRACTIONS ON THE EVE OF THIS CENTENNIAL.

BUT I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK.

IT'S ALWAYS MORE THAN JUST AN EVENT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE CURRICULUM, WE HAVE A STATE OF THE ART CULTURAL CENTER THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

WE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH CHANGING THE NOMENCLATURE.

THE NEW TERM A MASSACRE, AND GIVING THAT A LOT MORE ACCURACY WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT THIS HISTORY.

IT'S BEEN EXHAUSTING, AND A LOT OF WORK, I'M SO VERY PROUD THAT WE MET THE CAPSTONE GOAL.

>> DO YOU THINK THE COMMISSION HAS DONE ITS JOB?

DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN.

>> THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION, SUSAN.

YES AND NO.

THE COMMISSION HAS DONE GREAT WORK, SIGNIFICANT WORK, CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF EDUCATION.

IN TERMS OF GETTING THE -- SURVIVING THE ROADBLOCKS AND BUMPS TO GET GREENWOOD RISING CONSTRUCTED.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE COMMISSION IS A STATE SANCTIONED BODY.

THERE'LL BE INHERENT -- INVOLVED.

BECAUSE IT IS A STATE SANCTIONED ENTITY.

AND THE POLITICS CAN SOMETIMES BE COMPLICATED.

AND POLITICS INVOLVED IN THIS, NOT EVERYONE WILL AGREE OR BE PLEASED.

THERE ARE ELEMENTS ON THE COMMISSION'S WORK AGAIN THAT I GREATLY ADMIRE, THERE'S MANY COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING JESSICA HERSELF.

WHICH I DEEPLY RESPECT.

THERE'S SOME DECISIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT I FIND TROUBLING.

FROM SOMEONE WHO'S STUDIED THE DISTRICT AND THE HISTORY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO.

THE IDEAS SURROUNDING THE REPARATIONS FOR THE THREE REMAINING SURVIVORS IS A PROBLEM.

I THINK THAT'S WHY THE REMEMBERING RIDE WAS CANCELLED, PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY GAINED A FULLY UNDERSTANDING OF THE NOTION OF REPARATIONS IN REGARD WITH THE COMMISSION'S WORK AND THAT TO ME, THE REPARATIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS HISTORY.

IT FALLS ON THE CITY AND THE STATE.

AGAIN THE MASSACRE WAS SANCTIONED BY THE CITY OF TULSA BY THE TULSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT, WHO'S RESPONSIBILITY IS IT?

DO YOU PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON ONE GROUP OF VOLUNTEER OR DO YOU KEEP ELEVATING THE TOPIC THE LAWMAKERS ARE MORE INFORMED AND TALKING ABOUT WHO'S RESPONSIBILITY IT IS.

>>> THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST HEART ACHE AND THE TROUBLE, WHO'S RESPONSIBILITY IS IT?

THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN FUND RAISE IMPRESSIVELY, THAT'S THE CONVERSATION SUSAN THAT WILL CONTINUE AFTER THIS COMMEMORATION.

>> I DO WANT TO ASK QUICKLY, THE COMMISSION TOGETHER THE TASK THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE.

>> THERE WAS A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WHERE THE DOLLARS WERE RAISED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GREENWOOD RISING.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE PAYING FOR.

THE FINANCIALS HAVE BEEN OPEN AND CLEAR OF WHERE THE DOLLARS WERE GOING, AND WE MET OUR GOAL.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A GOAL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET OVER TIME.

THERE'S NO WAY TO IN GOOD CONSCIENCE TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

>> AND THE EVENTS GOING ON, THE HEADLINE EVENT DIDN'T HAPPEN BUT DOES THAT SHED MORE OF A LIGHT ON THIS?

AND HELP IN THE FUTURE, THE REMEMBRANCE, REPARATIONS, NEVER FORGET AGAIN?

DO YOU THINK ALL OF THIS HELPS THAT GOING FORWARD?

>> I DO, SUSAN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DO.

I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE HOWEVER, THAT THE REMEMBERING RISE CONCERT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WHERE THE REPARATIONS WERE NOT SET ASIDE, THE FACT IT WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT IS A POSITIVE THING.

THE MANNER IT WAS MANIFESTED WAS ON THE CITY AND STATE.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND NOT ADDRESSED.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT AGAIN, WHAT WAS HERE, AND WHAT WAS DESTROYED, AND WHAT IS HERE CURRENTLY, IN MY MIND, THERE'S A DIRECT 100 YEAR LINK BETWEEN WHAT NORTH TULSA IS NOW.

BEEN THE MASSACRE, TULSA WAS THRIVING.

ALL OF THAT IS LOST.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, AND THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

I HEARD SOMEONE ON A NATIONAL NEWSCAST TALK ABOUT, THE LOSS OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH.

WHAT COULD THAT HOTELIER BUILT HIS NAME TO BE OVER 100 YEARS, COULD HE HAVE EXPANDED, SO MANY HOPES AND DREAMS WERE QUASHED.

JESSICA, DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE END OF TALK EVERYONE THROUGH CELEBRATING THE 100 YEARS OF REMEMBERING, DO YOU THINK THE RIOTS WILL CONTINUE?

>> IT HAS TO.

THIS IS NOT OVER.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

NOW THE THING I'VE BEEN LEARNING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE OF THE WAY WE APPROACH THIS, ANSWER TO THESE PROBLEMS.

THE ROAD MAPS MAY LOOK DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE CAN AWAY FROM THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY AND THINGS NEED TO BE DONE AND RESOURCES NEED TO BE FOUND AND CONVERSATIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN.

>> CONVERSATIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN, AND HELP IS ON THE WAY.

ARE PEOPLE TOIRD OF WAITING?

>> YEAH, PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WAITING.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN FRUSTRATION, WE'VE BEEN WAITING 100 YORES.

-- YEARS.

WE CAN'T GIVE UP HOPE, BUT GETTING THERE IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AND A LOT OF ENERGY.

>> AND FOLLOW UP ON THIS, SPEAKING OF REPARATIONS, HOW RESOLUTION 40, IS HELPING TO -- AND THAT'S THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

DOES THIS HAVE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS STATE, THE REPERCUSSIONS NATIONWIDE?

>> I THINK SO, WHAT HAPPENED IN TULSA 100 YEARS AGO, WAS ONE OF THE MOST RACIAL ACT IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT NOT A SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE.

THAT RED SUMMER, THE SUMMER OF 1919, THESE HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND WE COULD GO AS FAR BACK AS 1918, AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR I.

THROUGH 1925, WITH THESE ACTIONS WHICH REALLY ARE ETHNIC CLENSING ACTIONS IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING.

FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO CHICAGO TO DETROIT.

TEXAS ELSEWHERE.

IT'S A NATIONAL STAIN AND TRAUMA THAT NEEDS HEALING, AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE'RE OBSERVING THIS WEEK, AND THIS PAST WEEKEND IS A PART OF THAT NATIONAL CONVERSATION.

THE CONVERSATION IS NOT OVER.

>> WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET GOING IN THE FUTURE.

NOT ONLY OKLAHOMA BUT THE NATION.

HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION.

>> THE COMMISSION WAS SET LATE JUNE, WE'RE NO LONGER WORKING TO COMMEMORATE, THE EVENT ITSELF IS OVER.

I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE.

I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THE CONVERSATIONS ARE VERY MUCH IN THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.

EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS.

>> OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR LEFT THE COMMISSION OR ASKED TO LEAVE THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OF HIS STANCE ON TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THE OTHER IN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS.

-- IN OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS.

WHY DOES THAT MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS OF THIS MASSACRE.

>> IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING, THE HISTORY IS HISTORY, AND IT CAN BE PAINFUL.

IF ANYTHING, THE BILL INVOKE FEAR.

I CAN'T TELL YOU I UNDERSTOOD EVERY WORD OF THE BILL.

I NEED SOME EDUCATION TO PROCESS WHAT IT MEANS.

BUT THE INTENTION DOESN'T HELP OUR CAUSE.

HOW DO WE CULTIVATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE CLASS.

THE CLASSROOM HAS AVOIDED THE HISTORY FOR SO LONG.

MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE HISTORY, IT'S NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.

I DON'T THINK THIS LEGISLATION HELPED RESOLVE THAT.

I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE COMPLICATED.

>> ONE THING THAT'S CONSISTENT IS IF YOU EXPERIENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THIS COUNTRY, K TO 12 EDUCATION, AND SOME INSTANCES TO UNDERGRADUATE YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT THE ONE PERSPECTIVE, THE WHITE MALE LENS.

ON HISTORY.

THAT'S A PROBLEM, THAT'S NOT INCLUSIVE HISTORY, IT'S NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE STORIES AND THE HISTORIES OF ALL FOLKS INVOLVED IN A PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME.

ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT DRIVES ME AND MY WORK.

IN 2016, SHE SAID MY BIGGEST JOB IS TO HELP WHITE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT BLACK HISTORY IS WHITE HISTORY.

WE CAN'T SEPARATE THE TWO.

THIS GREENWOOD PROSPERED AND BUILT BECAUSE OF THE KNEAD OF BLACK FOLK TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE OF JIM CROW ADMINISTRATION.

THE NOTION THAT WE CANNOT TOECH THE REAL IN-- ONE PERSPECTIVE WILL FEEL THEY'RE BEING -- WHEN WE DIDN'T BURN THE DISTRICT DOWN OURSELVES.

IT WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC JEALOUSY AND RACISM.

THAT INVOLVED WHITE FOLKS SUPER BLACK FOLKS.

YOU CAN ONLY TOECH IT FROM THE -- TEACH IT FROM THE WHITE PERSPECTIVE OR NOT TEACH IT AT ALL.

OR A TEACHER WILL GET FIRED.

AS ONE PARENT CALLED AND SAYS THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS BEING TAUGHT.

THAT'S A DANGEROUS FORM OF EDUCATION.

IT'S NOT THE TRUTH.

I'M A PROFESSOR BECAUSE I WANT TO TEACH TRUTH.

THERE'S A CONTINUE OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

IF THIS BILL DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO DO THAT, THIS BILL IS PROBLEMATIC.

>> THAT'S A GOOD FROM YOU, JESSICA FINAL WORDS?

>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE AND THE CONVERSATION.

AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF A RECKONING, IT'S STILL HAPPENING.

AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO UNTIL WE SEE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AND IMPACT.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STAY THE COURSE.

KEEP OUR EYES ON THE PRIZE.

EVENTUALLY A CHANGE WILL COME.

>> THANKS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, IF OUR VIEWERS WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE, GO TO OETA.TV, THANKS BOTH OF YOU, AND HOPE TO TALK TO YOU SOON.

>>> THANK YOU.

THERE'S ONE MORE MUCH ANTICIPATED EVENT STILL TO COME ON SUNDAY BEGINNING AT 3 P.M.

THE COMPOSER AND TRUMPETER WILL BE JOINED BY THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

>>> WITH A DECISIVE 6-3 VOTE, STRUCK DOWN THE PRIVATELY MANAGED PLAN FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION.

WITH MORE ON REASON WHY AND REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES, HERE'S NEWS DIRECTOR.

>> SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, A GROUP OF MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS FILED A SUIT.

SUGGEST THAT HEALTH CARE PLAN WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

ON TUESDAY, THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT WAS THE CASE.

>> THE SUPREME COURT RULING WILL TLA THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, WITH THE LEGISLATURE CONFIRMED THE RIGHT PATH FOR OUR STATE SENATE BILL 131.

OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNOR IS NOT PLEASED.

>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAYS THERE.

THE SENATE BILL 131 WHICH THE LAWMAKERS PASSED, AUTHORIZES THE PROGRAM.

THE AUTHORS OF THE LEGISLATION SENATOR MCCOURTNEY.

ALL IN ALL, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT MEDICAID MANAGED CARE FOR MONTHS AND PERHAPS ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

>> THE STATE'S FIRST CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER IS STEPPING DOWN, HOW IS THE GOVERNOR REACTING TO THAT?

>> HE'S SAD TO SEE HIM GO.

HE'S BEEN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SINCE THE GOVERNOR BEGAN HIS TERM BACK IN JANUARY OF 2019.

HE WAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM THAT TO TAKE A BROADER VIEW OF THE GOVERNOR'S CABINET, AND THE TASK FORCE BROUGHT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN DIFFERENT AREAS TO WORK ON THE RESPONSE.

>>> FILING SUIT AGAINST FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE HUNTERS, WHY?

>> INDICTED HIM ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

THIS WEEK, CLAIMED THAT HUNTER ABUSED HIS OFFICE.

>> LOOKS LIKE STARTING IN 2023, WE'LL HAVE NEW STATE TREASURY, NO MATTER THE OUTCOME TO HAVE THE ELECTION.

>> TREASURY THIS WEEK PLANS TO NOT SEEK REELECTION IN 2022.

INSTEAD HE WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, PARTICULARLY WITH HIS CHILDREN.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LABS MOVED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO STILLWATER IS STILL ON SCHEDULE.

SOME OF THE TESTING OUT SOURCED TO OTHER STATES RETURNING TO THE OKLAHOMA LAB.

COVID-19 TESTING IS FULLY SHIFTED TO THE STILLWATER LAB WITH THE GOAL OF DOING MORE DNA SEQUENCING.

>> WE HAVE A GOAL OF 10% OF THE TESTING CAPABILITIES, OF THE POSITIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE TO BE TESTED THERE AND SEQUENCED IN THE LAB.

>> THEY BELIEVE THE FULL TRANSITION IS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> A 13 MONTH AGREEMENT THAT'LL ENSURE PATIENTS IN THE NETWORK, WILL NOT SEE DISRUPTIONS IN THEIR CARE.

>>> THE COVID-19 NUMBERS REVEAL A POSITIVE STORY.

OUR ROLLING SEVEN DAY AVERAGE DROPS FROM 135 TO 111.

HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DOWN.

28 DEATHS WERE REPORTED OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.

HOWEVER, THE FULLY VACCINATED HAS RISEN VERY LITTLE.

>>> DESPITE THE HOLIDAY IT WAS A BUSY WEEK IN OKLAHOMA BUSINESS.

>>> DELL TECHNOLOGIES -- THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED WITH AN OKLAHOMA OFFICE AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITS JUNIORS.

ONLY FIVE STUDENTS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH BEGINS JUNE 7.

>>> THE EXPANSION IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 150 NEW JOBS.

>>> THE LAWSUIT FILED TO HOLD NEW -- OIL COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING EARTHQUAKES IN 2011, NOW HAS CLASS ACTION STATUS.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN NINE COUNTIES IF THEY SUFFERED DAMAGE.

>>> NEARLY $8 MILLION IS AWARDED TO 108 EXPANSION PROJECTS.

THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STARTED -- THE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE 680 JOBS.

>>> PHILIPS 66 IS CONTRIBUTING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO THE GREENWOOD PROGRAM.

IT'S PROUD TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO HONOR THE VICTIM ASKS SURVIVORS OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

>>> THANKS.

EACH WEEK WE FIND A STORY PRODUCED BY ONE OF OUR PBS PARTNERS IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT YOU MIGHT FIND INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING.

WE TRAVEL TO CONNECTICUT WHERE THE PRODUCER INTRODUCES US TO A MURALIST WHO'S USING AN OLD WAY OF PAINTING TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

>> THE BASEMENT IS A MESS, A CONSTRUCTION SITE.

IN A FEW MONTHS, IT'LL BE THE CHURCH'S NEW PARISH HALL.

IT'S A DEPICTION OF THE WEDDING, IT WAS HERE THAT JESUS PERFORMED HIS FIRST MIRACLE, CHANGING WATER INTO WINE.

IN THE CENTER OF THE MURAL IS JESUS, BEHIND HIM HIS MOTHER MARY.

SURROUNDING HIM IS A HOST OF CHARACTERS, SERVANTS, FOLLOWERS OF HIM, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM.

>> HERE YOU HAVE FATHER TIME TO SHOW HOW THE GOSPEL INSPIRES FOREVER, YOU HAVE THE BROKEN HOURGLASS TO SHOW THE ATEMPORAL ASPECT OF THE WORK.

>> HIS WORK HAS TWO DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS.

FIRST THEY'RE HUGE.

>> IT WAS LIKE MUSIC FOR THE ARTIST.

THE SIZE OF THE PAINTING IS THE VOLUME.

MUSIC.

THE BIGGER THE LOUDER.

>> THE OTHER CHARACTERISTIC IS HE PAINTS IN THE CLASSICAL STYLE.

THE WEDDING HAS ALL OF THE TRAPPINGS OF THE RENAISSANCE PAINTING.

REALISTIC LOOKING HUMAN CHARACTERS.

HE GAVE UP PAINTING IN THE MODERN STYLE, AND DOVE HEAD FIRST OF RENAISSANCE PAINTING.

HE FOLLOWS THE STYLE AND TECHNIQUES, HE EVEN USES THE SAME MATERIALS.

>> I AM FOLLOWING WITH MOST OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SOME ARE NOT USED FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEAD WHITE IS NOT USED ANYMORE.

I'M USING GLAZES, LAYERS, THAT'S WHAT WAS USED IN THE PAINT.

AND A GOLDEN -- FOR COMPOSITION.

>> HE SAID THE BROADER -- OF CLASSICISM -- >> BALANCE BETWEEN THE RATIONAL AND THE EMOTIONAL.

IN THE RENAISSANCE, THEY BROUGHT BACK THE PHILOSOPHY, AND PAIRED IT AND WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE A SECOND RENAISSANCE.

>> BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN TRYING TO REPRODUCE THE PAST.

>> I AM COMBINING WITH POSITIVE ASPECTS OF ART IN THE MODERN ERA.

I'M REPEATING WHAT WAS DONE OR COMPETE.

I'M TRYING TO PRESERVE IS POSITIVE FROM THE OLD MASTERS AND COMBINE IT WITH INTERESTING FEW.

>>> ON THE NEXT ONE HOUR EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, HOW DO YOU MOVE THE ART?

VERY CAREFULLY.

WAEL SHOW YOU HOW, AND HOW ONE OF THE WORLD CLASS MUTUALS IS DECIDE JUST THAT.

>>> ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE DOCUMENTARY, WE'LL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH EXCERPTS FROM THAT PROGRAM.

FOR ALL OF US ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY AND STAY TUNED TO OETA.