{"id":19271,"date":"2021-04-05T18:13:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=19271"},"modified":"2021-04-05T18:13:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:13:06","slug":"large-donation-to-help-preserve-historic-church-that-survived-tulsa-race-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2021\/04\/05\/large-donation-to-help-preserve-historic-church-that-survived-tulsa-race-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Donation To Help Preserve Historic Church That Survived Tulsa Race Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/local\/large-donation-to-help-preserve-historic-church-that-survived-tulsa-race-massacre\/\">www.kfor.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/author\/kforhicham\/\">By Hickan Raache<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe 1921 Race Massacre Centennial Commission made a significant donation to a historic church that survived the massacre.<br \/>\nThe Centennial Commission donated $200,000 to Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">Vernon Chapel AME is one of the only buildings remaining in Tulsa\u2019s Greenwood District that survived the race massacre.<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg\" class=\"mfp-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1427860 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?w=900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=1752,986 1752w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=290,162 290w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=280,157 280w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-83.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"Photo goes with story\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe building has needed repairs over the years so it can remain a safe place to worship.<br \/>\nThe $200,000 donation will help make those repairs possible.<br \/>\nPastor Robert Turner told KJRH the donation will preserve a piece of history that will now be around much longer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg\" class=\"mfp-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1427859 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?w=900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=1752,986 1752w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=290,162 290w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=280,157 280w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/snapshot-84.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" alt=\"Photo goes with story\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pastor Robert Turner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u201cThis donation, what it would mean for the church, is it will greatly help us in our restoration campaign, it\u2019ll greatly help this church be here for another 100 years, for other generations to see just this magnificent place built by those who died and survived and rebuilt Greenwood after the worst massacre in American history,\u201d Turner said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred over an 18 hour period from May 31 to June 1, 1921, as a white mob attacked Black community members and set fire to homes and businesses in the predominately Black Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa.<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg\" class=\"mfp-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1245375 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?w=900\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?resize=300,227 300w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?resize=768,581 768w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?resize=951,720 951w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?resize=50,38 50w, https:\/\/kfor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/20170779493454.jpg?resize=876,662 876w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. Fordecades, when it was discussed at all, the killing of hundreds of people in a prosperous black business district in 1921 was referred to as the Tulsa race riot. Under new standards developed by teachers for approaching the topic, students are encouraged to consider the differences between labeling it a \u201cmassacre\u201d instead of a \u201criot,\u201d as it is still commemorated in state laws. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co.\/Library of Congress via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\"><\/div>\n<p>The casualties were enormous.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the wake of the violence, 35 city blocks lay in charred ruins, more than 800 people were treated for injuries and contemporary reports of deaths began at 36. Historians now believe as many as 300 people may have died,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsahistory.org\/exhibit\/1921-tulsa-race-massacre\/#flexible-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tulsa Historical Society and Museum website<\/a> states.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.kfor.com By Hickan Raache &nbsp; The 1921 Race Massacre Centennial Commission made a significant donation to a historic church that survived the massacre. The Centennial Commission donated $200,000 to Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa on Saturday. 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