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Deep Greenwood Foundation asks commission to back descendant certification and preservation; commissioners discuss protecting massacre-era trees and markers
Summary
Janetta Smith Williams of the Deep Greenwood Foundation told the Beyond Apology Commission that her group is certifying descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, seeking funding and technical help to preserve four historic Greenwood buildings, and planning a descendants'reunion on June 1.
Janetta Smith Williams, representing the Deep Greenwood Foundation and identifying herself as a descendant of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, told the Beyond Apology Commission that her organization is focused on certifying direct descendants and preserving physical sites tied to the massacre.
"Our motto is ‘nothing about us without us,'" Williams said, urging the commission to coordinate efforts with other local groups that address the massacre and its surviving descendants.
What the foundation is seeking: Williams described a certification process for descendants similar to processes used in other historical reparations efforts (Holocaust, Rosewood) and said Deep Greenwood is working with the…
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