Pathway to Hope - Stitching Greenwood Back Together
A stop on Greenwood: Tulsa's Black Wall Street, a free self-guided tour.
This walkway runs about 900 feet along the south side of Interstate 244, between the highway and the ballpark, linking Reconciliation Park with Greenwood Avenue. It was dedicated on May 28, 2021, days before the 100th anniversary of the massacre, as one small way to reconnect a neighborhood the highway had split.
As you walk, look at the tall walls along the path. They carry artwork and history honoring Greenwood's people, from early entrepreneurs to survivors who told their stories so they would not be forgotten. A plaque on the path describes it as a reclamation of lost lives, lost stories and lost history.
The path was shaped with input from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and community groups. Many in Greenwood say memorials are a beginning, not an ending, and that real repair still lies ahead.
Follow the path east and you'll come out back on Greenwood Avenue, near where you started.
Getting here: From the park, follow the Pathway to Hope east along the highway toward Greenwood Avenue.
Did you know?: The 10-foot-wide path cost about $5 million and was built with help from the city, the state transportation department and the Tulsa Drillers baseball team.
Photo op: Frame the path leading toward Greenwood with the art-covered wall running alongside.
More on Wikipedia: Greenwood District, Tulsa · Oneok Field · Interstate 244
Stops on this tour
- Greenwood Rising - Where Black Wall Street Began
- Deep Greenwood - Plaques Underfoot
- I-244 Overpass - The Second Destruction
- Vernon AME Church - The Basement That Survived
- Greenwood Cultural Center - Keeping the Memory
- Black Wall Street Memorial - Names That Remain
- Mount Zion Baptist Church - A Debt Paid in Full
- Reconciliation Park - Hostility, Humiliation, Hope
- Pathway to Hope - Stitching Greenwood Back Together
- Oaklawn Cemetery - The Search for the Missing