A Bench by the Road

The Mabel Little Heritage House in Tulsa, Oklahoma, stands in the Greenwood District as the only home built there in the early 1920s that is still standing. It occupies the site of the original home built by Sam and Lucy Mackey, which was destroyed in 1921 during the Tulsa Race Massacre. The Mackeys rebuilt the house on the same site in 1926. In 1986, the house was relocated and renamed in honor of Mabel Little, a Tulsa icon, community advocate, and the oldest living survivor of the Massacre, who praised the resiliency of those who lost their homes. It now serves as a museum dedicated to the history and resilience of Tulsa's Black community.

Tulsa, Oklahoma · United States