Russell Westbrook Producing Tulsa Race Massacre

Russell Westbrook Producing Tulsa Race Massacre

Russell Westbrook Producing Tulsa Race Massacre!

NBA Superstar Russell Westbrook announced Thursday they’re working on a two-hour doc titled “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre”!

According to reports “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre” is a temporary title. Westbrook is working with Brodie who is serving as executive producer and Marco Williams and Emmy-Award winner Stanley Nelson on as directors. Read on…

CelebnSports247.com reports the Wizards guard is working on a new documentary in hopes of educating people about the atrocities of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.

Russell Westbrook’s documentary is said to take a deep look at the events of a century ago and how the impact is still being felt today … in hopes to educate millions on a 100-year-old tragedy.

In case you are unfamiliar, in May and June 1921, a race war erupted in Tulsa, OK after a 19-year-old Black man was accused of assaulting a 17-year-old white woman in an elevator.

Black men went to defend the man after some in the city wanted him lynched … and an ensuing altercation with white people ignited a massive race war.

This led to one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history – in which mobs of white residents attacked and ultimately destroyed the Greenwood District in Tulsa, OK. At that time was the wealthiest black community in the United States — AKA “Black Wall Street.”


Many historians believe the massacre has since been underreported and even covered up.

Now, Westbrook who played in Oklahoma for the Thunder for 11 years, says he had no idea about the incident until he arrived in OKC in 2009.

Westbrook said in a statement:

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not something I was taught about in school or in any of my history books. It was only after spending 11 years in Oklahoma that I learned of this deeply troubling and heartbreaking event.

This is one of many overlooked stories of African Americans in this country that deserves to be told. These are the stories we must honor and amplify, so we can learn from the past and create a better future.

Director Stanley Nelson added:

The horrific story of the burning of Black Wall Street has long haunted me — I’m grateful to be working on this film with such wonderful partners.

The project is slated to air in the spring of 2021 on The History Channel on the 100th anniversary of the massacre in Tulsa.

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