Official Site of the Thunder · Aug 21, 2020
Thunder Underscores Its Commitment to Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District
By Paris Lawson | Digital Content Reporter | okcthunder.com
ike most 11-year-olds, Tripp Gibbs has never been to a groundbreaking before. But on Friday, he and his parents proudly picked up shovels and helped turn dirt on the site that is the future home of Greenwood Rising, a state-of-the-art history center honoring the legacy of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street before and after the horrific Tulsa Race Massacre.
Trip’s great grandparents Leroy and Earnestine Gibbs were survivors of the 1921 massacre. For his parents Leroy and Tracy, it was important to them to make sure their son was there for the groundbreaking ceremony.