An Impulse to Keep is published on the occasion of the Greenwood Art Project, an initiative led by artists Rick Lowe/william cordova with Jerica Wortham, Marlon Hall, Jeff Van Hanken and Kode Ransom. The project brings together artists, residents, leaders, organizations, and businesses to raise awareness of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the destruction of its thriving Black community in the historic Greenwood District that included Black Wall Street, one of the most prominent Black-owned business districts in the United States during the early 1900s.

This publication presents the visual works by Sarah Ahmad, Alchemy:Anonymous (Casey McLerran), TheRese Anderson-Aduni, Myiesha Gordon Beales, Black Artists Collaborating—Tulsa, Anthony Curtis Brinkley, Ebony Iman Dallas, and Derick Alexander, Crystal Z Campbell, Ari Christopher, Charles “Chuck” Cissel, Kenesha Daniels, Eaton Media Services, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Jimmy Friday, Jessica Harvey, Deborah J. Hunter, Stevie “Dr. View” Johnson, L. Joi McCondichie, Met Cares Foundation/Greenwood Leadership Academy, Katherine Penny Mitchell and Sharron Tinsley, Phetote Mshairi, Ray Pearcey, Dr. Courtney Skipper, Alexander Tamahn and Deborah Richards, Dawn Tree, Mikeal Vaughn, Maybelle Wallace, Candace G. Wiley, Mary L. Williams.

Written contributions by J. Faith Almiron, Tiffany E. Barber, Christina L. Beatty, Adrienne Chadwick, Jackie Clay, Edwidge Danticat, Aldeide Delgado, Ryan N. Dennis, Makeba Dixon-Hill, Adrienne Edwards, teri elam, Colette Gaiter, Evan Garza, Gia M. Hamilton, Samantha Hill, Lauren Kelley, Gean Moreno, Monique Moss, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Amy Rosenblum-Martín, Marie Vickles, Leon A. Waters.

CREDITS:
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project

Published by [NAME] Publications. Designed by Sonia Yoon. Essays by Rick Lowe and william cordova, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Adrienne Edwards, Christina L. Beatty.

Hardcover ISBN: 9780997494075
Softcover ISBN: 9780997494082
8.25 × 11 in (20.94 × 27.94 cm), 218 color pages.
Printed in Italy.

The Greenwood Art Project is a part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, which encourages mayors to collaborate with artists to develop innovative public art projects that address significant civic issues.

Cover image by Christopher Creese.