Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a $1 million gift to The Greenwood Art Project in Tulsa.
Bloomberg, a potential candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, joined Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum on Tuesday in announcing the gift from the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2018 Public Art Challenge.
The Greenwood project will be a group of temporary public artworks commemorating an area of Tulsa known as Black Wall Street. It was largely destroyed during deadly racial violence in 1921. Estimates of the number of dead vary widely, from about three dozen to 300 or more.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission is a partner in the project.