The Bedford Playhouse: Descended from the Promised Land

In recognition of MLK Day, the Bedford Playhouse is offering a special presentation of the film Descended from the Promised Land followed by a discussion with the audience, led by moderator Alison Munsch, Ph.D., Iona University.

In 1921, North Tulsa’s Greenwood District, the most prosperous Black community in America, was set ablaze, bombed, and looted during a racially motivated violent attack against the thriving Black community. Businesses, homes, and lives were lost, and Black Wall Street, as it was known, has never reclaimed its former glory. The Tulsa Race Massacre was only the first in a line of repeated targeted attacks on the progress of the Greenwood District and its residents.

Tickets