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June 3, 2021
“On June 1, 1921, 34 square blocks of Tulsa’s prosperous Greenwood community were reduced to rubble when thousands of white citizens – absorbed by hate and intent on destruction – stormed the neighborhoods at the sound of a whistle, looting and burning homes and businesses, and kidnapping, terrorizing and killing hundreds of innocent African American men, women and children – among them prominent bankers, business owners and doctors.
As we reflect on this act of violence in our state 100 years later, the scourge of racism still profoundly affects our culture and continues to harm its victims and corrupt the souls of those in whom it lodges. We must seek a conversion of heart and recognize our neighbors as brothers and sisters who Christ calls us to love as he loves us.
Let us pray that Jesus provides the grace we need to overcome the evil of racism and to build a just society, so that prejudice and animosity will no longer infect our minds or hearts but will be replaced with a love that respects the dignity of every human person.”
