Sequena 'Queen' Alexander 08/24/2021
Description
Sequena 'Queen' Alexander, owner of Greenwood Gallery, discusses her family history in Tulsa including her family's establishment and ownership of 'The Oklahoma Eagle' newspaper. Alexander talks about her educational background in graphic design and fashion and how she eventually became a gallery owner. She discusses the importance of promoting Black women artists as well as the politics of fund raising and creative freedom. Alexander shares her hope that the area would not be defined by the trauma of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre but instead would grow stronger from it. She emphasizes the importance of rebuilding Black Wall Street, not only in Tulsa but in communities everywhere, and explains what art and activism have meant to her over the years.
| Date(s) | 8/24/2021 |
| Call Number | ANT_004 |
| Subjects | Art as Activism in North Tulsa, Tulsa's Greenwood District, Black Wall Street, Black women gallery owners, Black women artists, Greenwood Gallery, Community engagement African American art, African American business enterprises, African American women artists, Arts fund raising, Black wall streets, Gentrification, Interviews, Political art, Tulsa Race Massacre (Tulsa Oklahoma : 1921) |
| Interviewee(s) | Sequena 'Queen' Alexander |
| Interviewer(s) | Autumn Brown |