Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historically significant church in the Greenwood District of Tulsa , Oklahoma . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 5 , 2008 . The original building was burned during the Tulsa Race Riot on June 1 , 1921 . According to the Tulsa Preservation Commission , " ... Mount Zion Baptist Church remains a testimony to the perseverance and tenacity of its congregants and the black community in Greenwood . " The church building was rebuilt in 1952 on its original site
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