Featuring:
- A Commemoration of the 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
- A Salute to Oliver W. Hill, Esq. (1907-2007)
- The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Survivors: Otis Clark (104 years old), Dr. Olivia Hooker (92 years old), and Wess Young (90 years old)
- Film Screening of Before They Die!, The Tulsa Race Riot Documentary: Reginald Turner, Producer
- The Panel of Elders: Former Senator Edward W. Brooke (invited), Judge Benjamin Hooks (invited), Myrlie Evers-Williams (invited), Dr. Adelaide Cromwell, Dorothy Burnham (invited) and Dr. Kenneth Edelin
- Vocal Performances by Recording Artist Lawrence Watson
- Host & Master of Ceremonies: Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Founding & Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Admission:
$30 ticket includes Admission, Pre-Event Public Reception and Book Signing
$100 ticket includes Admission, Pre-Event Public Reception, Book Signing, and Post-Event Private Reception with Panelists
All Proceeds from this Event Will Benefit the Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot
Advance tickets available at the following locations:
Edgartown Books: 44 Main St., Edgartown, 508-627-8463
Alley’s General Store: State Rd., West Tisbury, 508-693-0088
C’est La Vie: 51 Circuit Ave., Vineyard Haven, 508-693-6181
Cousen Rose Gallery: 71 Upper Circuit Ave., Oak Bluffs, 508-693-6656
Bunch of Grapes: 44 Main St., Vineyard Haven, 508-693-2291
Event Documents
Event Program (pdf)
Event Press Release (pdf)
Press
Survivors of 1921 Riot in Tulsa Join Talk on Black Experience (The Vineyard Gazette)