Once a bustling Black community filled with Black-owned establishments, the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, allowed its residents to flourish shortly after reconstruction. But the community endured a series of racially-motivated attacks that led to its tragic end in 1921. The timeline of events leading from Greenwood’s inception to the Tulsa massacre and its restoration […]
Author Archives: Tamica Jean-Charles
As a community reporter at Charlottesville Tomorrow from 2021 to 2025, Tamica aimed to connect families with resources that could help them thrive.
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Following dire climate predictions from the UN, Charlottesville youth activists pressure city officials to ramp up anti-climate change efforts
Dozens of local youth gathered at the Community Chalkboard (formerly the Free Speech Wall) midday Friday to pressure Charlottesville city government to fulfill their climate plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Activists present at the event had three specific demands for city council: Re-commit and take immediate action to meet the city’s unresolved climate […]
