REPOST from African Descent Lutheran Association:
The Tulsa Race Massacre (known alternatively as the Tulsa race riot, the Greenwood Massacre, the Black Wall Street Massacre, the Tulsa pogrom, or the Tulsa Massacre) took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, OK. It has been called “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.” … This year marks the centennial year of the massacre. As a way to remember and commemorate the loss of this community in such a dark period of history, the ELCA’s African Descent Lutheran Association and partners have organized a writing contest to gather thoughts, tributes, and sociological/theological understandings of the detrimental impact of this community’s demise on Black American wealth and economic equality.
Writing submissions are due Monday, May 10, 2021.
Find more information and the entry form here: https://www.adlaelca.org/creativewritingcontest