By: Christina Santi Fire in Little Africa is a multimedia hip-hop project commemorating the Black lives lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. The project, which includes a compilation album, behind-the-scenes documentary and podcast, was released on May 28 just one day before the centennial of the destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.” Executive Producer Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson spoke with BNC Digital Producer Jennifer Matthews about the importance and making of the musical offering. “It started as an idea where we wanted to commemorate our ancestors who were massacred 100 years ago,” Johnson said. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a mob of white people attacked and burned down […]
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