S E1326: In Class with Carr, Ep. 325: We Are All Greenwood

About this episode

This episode discusses the legacy of Greenwood and its significance in the context of violence, self-determination, and state power.

In Class With Carr 325 comes live from Justice for Greenwood’s weekend of rituals marking the 120th anniversary of Tulsa Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, where the memory and residue of “Black Wall Street” illuminates irreconcilable questions of violence, self-determination, and state power. We discuss nation-state’s monopolies on violence, restrictions on movement, and how Africans and indigenous communities continue to resist in pursuit of freedom. In many ways, stories of Tulsa and Greenwood present as a microcosm of the US, where settler colonialism, Indigenous sovereignty, and African world-making converge, clash and intersect. Through reflections on repair, governance, memory, and community, we observe that Greenwood’s story is our story. As the US continues its barreling toward a contested 250th anniversary, this lesson feeds and shapes this week’s Momentum of Memory: We are all Greenwood. Are you a member of Knarrative? If not, we invite you to join our community today by signing up at: https://www.knarrative.com . As a Knarrative subscriber, you'll gain immediate access to Knubia, our growing community of teachers, learners, thinkers, doers, artists, and creators…

People in this episode

Host: Carr

Topics covered

• Black Wall Street
• violence
• self-determination
• state power
• settler colonialism
• Indigenous sovereignty
• African world-making

Keywords

• Greenwood
• Tulsa
• Black Wall Street
• violence
• self-determination
• state power
• Indigenous sovereignty
• community
• memory
• repair

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice for Greenwood, Knarrative, Knubia, TheGlobalMajority

Places: Tulsa Oklahoma, Greenwood District, US

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