In an emotional celebration marked by cheers, applause, and tears of joy, Tulsa made history Tuesday night, electing Monroe Nichols as its first Black mayor. Standing beneath a shower of confetti at the Greenwood Cultural Center—a poignant landmark in a city once scarred by the 1921 race massacre that decimated the prosperous

In a district demolished a century ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre and rebuilt from the rubble, state Rep. Monroe Nichols declared victory as the first Black Tulsan elected as the city’s mayor.