Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker to visit Tulsa's historic Vernon Chapel AME Church

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democratic presidential candidate, will be in Tulsa on Aug. 29 for a speaking engagement at Tulsa’s Vernon Chapel AME Church, 311 N. Greenwood Ave., and a later fundraiser at a separate location, organizers have confirmed.

The Vernon Chapel service is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., with Booker to speak at approximately 12:15 p.m.

Booker’s appearance at Vernon Chapel will kick off the 100th anniversary observance of the building’s basement, which is the oldest surviving part of the structure. The rest of the church building, including a portion that was under construction, was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

The current church building was completed in the mid-1920s.

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