John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park

The John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is dedicated to memorializing the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. This tragic event saw a white mob destroy Tulsa's prosperous African American neighborhood of Greenwood, known as "Black Wall Street". Over 1,400 homes and businesses were destroyed, and hundreds of people, primarily African Americans, were killed. The park, named after historian John Hope Franklin, features the Tower of Reconciliation, a sculpture commemorating African American struggle. A history center, Greenwood Rising, also tells the story of the massacre and honors its victims.