Memorial board OKs park survey
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Sunday, February 01, 2004
1/20/13 at 8:29 AM
The first step toward aligning a Tulsa Race Riot memorial with the National Park
Service was taken Friday by
the committee overseeing
the project.
Meeting at the Greenwood
Cultural Center, the Tulsa
race riot memorial committee approved an agreement
with the park service for
what is known as a reconnaissance survey. The survey will assess the national
significance of the 1921 riot
and remaining physical assets related to the event.
The survey will be conducted by a team assembled
by the park service and will
include representatives of
the Oklahoma Historical Society, the design committee
and "a leading academic institution."
In previous meetings with
the committee, park service
personnel have suggested
Tulsa might be a candidate
for a memorial and museum
dedicated to the series of
race riots that shook much
of the United States from
around 1906 to 1923.
Also at Friday's meeting,
panel Chairman Julius Pegues reported negotiations
between the state's Department of Central Services and
sculptor Ed Dwight appear
to be nearing completion.
The committee wants to hire
Dwight to produce two
sculptures to serve as main
fixtures for the memorial to
be built just south of Interstate-244 between Elgin and
Detroit avenues.
The committee hopes the
purchase of that property
from the Tulsa Development
Authority can be completed
next week.
Randy Krehbiel 581-8365
randy.krehbiel@tulsaworld.com
