The U.S. Senate has taken a significant step toward designating Tulsa’s Greenwood District, famously known as Black Wall Street, as a national monument by advancing S.3543, a bipartisan bill.
Back in May, FOX23 reported on a U.S. Senate hearing concerning the proposed legislation. On Tuesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously voted to move the bill forward.
“The successful Senate markup presents a profound opportunity for our nation to honor the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre while the remaining survivors are still here,” said Tiffany Crutcher, executive director of the Terence Crutcher Foundation and a descendant of a massacre victim. “For the sake of these living witnesses to history and future generations, Congress and the President must act swiftly to ensure Greenwood’s story is enshrined and its lessons never forgotten.”
