Tulsa outlines Gathering Greenwood genealogy project funded by $1,000,075 DOJ grant

City of Tulsa staff and outside genealogists briefed the African American Affairs Commission in May on Gathering Greenwood, a three-part genealogy and cold-case project funded by a $1,000,075 Department of Justice grant intended to document Greenwood-era residents, support cold-case identification and create public-facing resources.

The project has three prongs: an interactive Gathering Greenwood exhibit produced by a subgrantee, the Greenwood Cultural Center; forensic-genealogy training for Tulsa Police Department detectives provided with Intermountain Forensics; and community workshops supported by a printed workbook and online tutorial videos. Kyra Carvey, the city’s project manager and community liaison for the genealogy grant, said the grant is a three-year award that “officially ends Sept. 30, 2025,” and that the city has applied for a no-cost extension that could extend work several months if the Department of Justice approves it.

Why it matters: organizers told commissioners the project is intended both to help descendants trace families displaced after the 1921 massacre and to give investigators tools to identify human remains discovered in the graves investigation. The project’s public components aim…