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Segregation by Design: Greenwood and I-244

Tulsa is the focus of another recent article from a UK newspaper website: A story in the Guardian Online about the impact of expressway construction on Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood, and the possibility of reviving the neighborhood by removing the north leg of the Inner Dispersal Loop. Twenty-five years before Don...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 5, 2023 10:57 PM

Tulsa's Moton Memorial Hospital

This past Saturday morning, after visiting the Greenwood Farmers and Artisans Market, I took some photos of the old Moton (Morton) Health Center complex just west of Rudisill Library, on the north side of Pine Street between Greenwood Avenue and Greenwood Place. According to the cornerstone, the original three-story,...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 13, 2021 11:23 PM

An open letter to Tulsa visitors on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

To journalists, photographers, and visitors, pilgrims this week of the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Welcome to Tulsa. Some context may help you interpret what you see and hear this week.

Posted by Michael Bates on May 25, 2021 7:07 AM