Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment Act

Key Points

• The bill creates a new National Monument in Tulsa, Oklahoma to preserve and interpret the history of the Greenwood District, Black Wall Street, and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
• The National Park Service will manage the site, and the Secretary of the Interior can only obtain land through donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, not forced acquisition.
• Private property owners inside or next to the monument boundary keep all their existing property rights.
• An 11-member advisory commission will guide development of the monument, with 7 of the members required to be descendants of people who lived or worked in Greenwood in 1921.
• The monument only officially exists once the Secretary decides enough land has been acquired to run it, and a full management plan is due within three years of first funding.