Through hip-hop, R&B/soul, jazz and spoken word, next-gen Oklahoma artists commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on two new compilations
"1921 …The Black Wall Street Music Project" &"Fire in Little Africa" mark the centennial through the next generation of artists/activists.
Now that’s changing with the help of two music projects commemorating the centennial through the voices of Black culture’s next generation in Oklahoma:. Both compilations feature artists — some of whom are direct descendants of Tulsa-Greenwood survivors — sharing their fresh perspectives through hip-hop, R&B/soul, jazz and spoken word.
“I remember my grandmother saying they could see the smoke as the city burned for three days,” says Jones. “The massacre was about money and the economic power that Black Wall Street had. Black people were hiring Black people. You didn’t have to be treated as a secondhand citizen or be subjected to racial slurs. I want people to realize what really happened and see the resilience of a community.”
Motown's Black Forum Label Revisits the Past Through Hip-Hop's Future on 'Fire in Little Africa' Album
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