Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American Resource Center coordinator, Alicia Latimer, has been invited to the 2016 Just Governance for Human Security Conference in Caux, Switzerland. Along with the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Latimer will present the workshop “Healing History – An African-American Experience.”
The forum on Just Governance for Human Security brings together people from more than 40 countries to focus on the human factors that enable both leaders and citizens to work effectively toward an inclusive, democratic approach. The forum also focuses on healing wounded memories, which if left unhealed undermine every attempt to sustain peace. Latimer will share her work on developing the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Kit for Teachers.
The informative kit was created in 2007 through a collaboration with the Tulsa YWCA, John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, and the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Kits may be checked out from the African-American Resource Center, located at the Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford, by teachers only. Each kit includes the following resources:
• 1 History Channel DVD and Study Guide "In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned" DVD. • 1 Book and 1 Study Guide: "Riot on Greenwood" by Eddie Faye Gates
• 1 Book and 1 Study Guide: "Black Wall Street" by Hannibal Johnson
• 15 Reproductions of 1921 "Race Riot Postcards" in black photo album
• 1921 Race Riot "Angels of Mercy" Identification Card and Police Protection Card
• “Terror in Tulsa History Uncovered” by Fullmindcreative.com (Emmy Award-winning DVD)
• “Race Riot 1921: Events of the Tulsa Disaster” by Mary Jones Parrish (donated by the John Hope Franklin Center and Zarrow Families Foundation)
• Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Scott Ellsworth (donated by the John Hope Franklin Center and Zarrow Families Foundation)
“Tulsa is a global city,” said Gary Shaffer, Tulsa City-County Library CEO. “Many of our locally headquartered businesses, churches, civic enterprises and museums conduct work or render aid internationally. It is important that Tulsa’s history and experiences be incorporated into the global human record, that our voice be heard and others recognize us for the global city that we are.” Latimer’s trip is sponsored by a local Tulsa foundation.
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