"We should not sell our children short. They are not math and science illiterate. They are bright and capable. They just need to be challenged more by their parents and by their teachers." -Pocahontas Greadington, Tulsa Math Educator & Curriculum Writer

In 1997, Tulsa historian and retired African-American educator Eddie Faye Gates published a historic book on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre entitled, "They Came Searching: How Blacks Sought the Promised Land in Tulsa." This important book contains many interviews with the 1921 survivors. This was one of the interviews that I wanted to share in its entirety because I found it to be quite moving and full of wisdom and guidance. In this final book share, I highlight math teacher Pocahontas Greadington who spent her whole career teaching and promoting mathematics in the black communities. #thelongroad