OETA Story on Greenwood: Yesterday and Today aired on 8-17-12

The district where Tulsa's 1921 Race Riots occurred is close to being added to the National Registry of Historic Places, but controversy over the project abounds. Greenwood community leaders are concerned that parts of the district once dubbed 'America's Black Wall Street' will be left out in favor of sections of Tulsa's downtown in order to meet a historic building requirement for the Registry. Ironically, the reason Greenwood doesn't have the required historical buildings is because many were razed during the Race Riots. But out of the ashes of those razed buildings and broken dreams rose a cultural epicenter, now flourishing with restaurants, recreational activities, and monuments to a harrowing moment in Tulsa's past and the resilience of a community to move forward.

This story aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Lis Exon; the photographer is Tim Carson. For more information, go to the ONR web site www.news.oeta.tv and ONR blog http://blog.oeta.tv/onr For more about OETA-The Oklahoma Network, visit www.oeta.tv.

Видео OETA Story on Greenwood: Yesterday and Today aired on 8-17-12 канала The Oklahoma News Report