Tulsa Race Massacre + Eminent Domain

What’s happening? This week marked the 100 year remembrance of the Tulsa Race Massacre. 50 years after the Massacre, the rebuilt black community met eminent domain when property was taken for a new highway.

Why is this important? History and eminent domain are having a renaissance.

How will this be important? Discussion of eminent domain policy will include societal impacts.

NBC News | Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood found prosperity after the 1921 massacre. Then the highways arrived.