Jeffrey Brown:

In fact, what happened in Tulsa in 1921 was hidden away for many years after. City officials sought to erase the historical record.

Black survivors, still living in fear for years after, often didn’t discuss it with their own families. No one was ever held accountable, no compensation paid.

There was no official record until a 2001 Oklahoma Commission report, previewed by news accounts, which is how Joi McCondichie first learned what had happened to her grandmother and others.

As part of the Greenwood Art Project, captured in this video about McCondichie, she’s organizing a June 1 Century Walk to replicate the flight by foot out of the city many took to escape the terror.

Joi McCondichie A century walk is just a way to commemorate her by walking a mile in her shoes. That is just all it is too.

I don’t want to — it’s not a protest. It’s not a march. It’s just a simple, quiet, memorable walk. And we’re only doing 5.5 miles. But my grandmother walked over 60 some-odd miles.