Russell Westbrook wants to help tell the real-life story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an infamous episode in which white mobs burned and destroyed an affluent Black area in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street.
The NBA star has partnered with production company Blackfin for a docuseries called “Terror in Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street.”
Blackfin and Westbrook’s docuseries is just one project that’s coming out about the massacre.
The announcement of Westbrook’s involvement with the Blackfin project comes amid continued protests for racial justice that have taken place since George Floyd died in the custody of a former Minneapolis police officer on Memorial Day.
Westbrook, who’s from Long Beach, California, helped to lead a Black Lives Matter protest in Compton, California, on June 7, also attended by San Antonio Spurs shooting guard DeMar DeRozan.
