$105 Million for Greenwood: Mayor Nichols Makes History
It’s funding for housing. For education. For economic mobility.For restoring what was stolen.
On June 1, for the first time in Tulsa’s history, the city officially paused to remember the 1921 Race Massacre.
And for the first time ever, a mayor did more than offer words.
Mayor Monroe Nichols—Tulsa’s first Black mayor—stood at the Greenwood Cultural Center and announced a $105 million reparations trust:
The Greenwood Trust
It’s funding for housing. For education. For economic mobility.
For restoring what was stolen.
Nichols committed to releasing over 45,000 sealed historical records. He vowed to support the continuation of the mass graves investigation. He promised a city finally moving from denial to repair.
“This is not the age-old battle of Black versus white,” he said. “This is about reconciliation. It is about repair. It’s about renewal. And it’s about righteousness.”
This isn’t the end of the fight.
But for the descendants of Greenwood, it may finally be a beginning.
Read the full transcript of Mayor Nichols’ remarks:
Road to Repair: Mayor Nichols’ Full Transcript
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