Going back in time to “correct” history is no small feat. Add a debilitating limit of five days to do it, and it sounds stressfully more impossible. What would constitute a change? What kind of domino effect would it have on humanity? Will stopping evil mean everything it affects changes for good?

So many questions. So little time, but the task remains for Scientist and Researcher Titus Russell and two of his Temporal Resonance Agency coworkers in the new comic series created by local artist Chris Winfield and local journalist Malcolm Morrow’s—Black Wall Street: Time For a Change. Russell and his coworkers monitor various historical points and determine events and occurrences that sent wide-reaching ripples through time. The powerful trio takes an unauthorized mission back to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to prevent the Black Wall Street Massacre. The real question is, will they succeed?

“I felt like it was so important to do a comic book on this event and talk about all the things that went down,” said Winfield, an award-winning filmmaker, muralist, artist, animator, and comic book creator. “They had their own airport, grocery store, movie theatre, doctors, and everything. It was a successful town, thriving with Black people.”

During the 1921 massacre, thousands of white Tulsans looted homes and businesses in the Black Greenwood community. They indiscriminately killed Black residents, including dropping aerial bombs and setting dozens of businesses on fire. Law enforcement and the U.S. National Guard were complicit in facilitating the crimes. Up to 300 Black people were killed and 800 injured, and more than 35 square blocks were destroyed. Approximately 8,000–10,000 Black residents were left homeless and without their businesses. No compensation was ever given for restoration, and the perpetrators faced no accountability.

Winfield heard about the massacre while discussing civil rights history with his family. He became consumed by its audacity and the effort to cover it up. He and Morrow created an illustrator-literary team to enhance exposure through a series of comic books with jaw-dropping illustrations and captivating language. The first issue was recently released and can be purchased at bwscomic.com.

Morrow is an avid comic reader and loves good characters and stories with entertaining and nuanced characters. The project has allowed him to craft the cruel event into historical entertainment to grab readers’ attention, especially those unaware.

“I kind of tried to write it in a style like you’re watching a TV show,” said Morrow, former writer and creator of the Hood Hippie blog. “So you can really get invested in the characters. My main thing is to shine a light on the Tulsa Race Massacre and also shine a spotlight on the things they are doing now to continue the legacy that Black Wall Street laid the foundation for so many years ago.”