CNN politics | Descendants of Tulsa’s 1921 race massacre seek justice as the nation confronts a racist past

Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) – The beating heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District is Vernon A.M.E. Church.

Vernon sits atop the only structure still standing after the 1921 race massacre left the once-prosperous black district burned to the ground and hundreds if not thousands of its residents homeless or dead.

The weight of that legacy weighs heavily on Vernon A.M.E. always — but especially in recent weeks, as the city marked 99 years since the massacre, an anniversary that came at a time of protests and upheaval nationwide over the killing of George Floyd in police custody.  —more—