EVENTS
Film Discussion-- Tulsa: The Fire and The Forgotten
Thu, Jun 03
|Online Discussion
Join our virtual post film discussion of Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten which debuts on MPT, Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9pm EST. This revealing film examines the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later and explores the history of “Black Wall Street,” anti-Black violence, and Black resilience in America.
Time & Location
Jun 03, 2021, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Online Discussion
About The Event
Join our virtual post film discussion of Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten which debuts on MPT, Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9pm EST. This revealing film examines the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later and explores the history of “Black Wall Street,” anti-Black violence, and Black resilience in America.
Featured panelists for this film discussion includes Deneen Brown, award-winning Washington Post reporter and oral historian in The Fire and Forgotten; and scholar Dr. Charles Chavis, author of The Silent Shore: The Lynchng of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State and assistant professor of Conflict Resolution and History at George Mason University. Both Brown and Chavis serve on the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project.