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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Tulsa was the first major Oklahoma city to begin an urban renewal program. The Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority was formed in July, 1959. Its first project, the Seminole Hills Project, a public housing facility was begun in 1961 and completed in 1968. [37] The Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority was renamed the Tulsa Development Authority (TDA) in 1976.
Tulsa (/ ˈ t ʌ l s ə / TUL-sə) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. [5]
Historians and scholars say white supremacy is a bedrock of Oklahoma’s founding. This timeline looks at some of the notable events in state history. ... rubble of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June ...
The violence took place in Tulsa, Okla., on May 31 and June 1, 1921 when a White mob descended on the city’s thriving Greenwood business district, known as “Black Wall Street,” burning and ...
African-American history in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1 C, 11 P) E. ... Timeline of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 0–9. 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament; 2017 Tulsa tornadoes;
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Viola Fletcher and her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, listen May 31, 2021, to U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee at the closing ceremony for the Black Wall St. Legacy Festival ...
In 1906, Gurley moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he purchased 40 acres (16 ha) of land which was "only to be sold to colored". [11] Among Gurley's first businesses was a rooming house which was located on a dusty trail near the railroad tracks. This road was given the name Greenwood Avenue, named for a city in Mississippi. The area became very ...