Tulsa Race Massacre Commemoration
In order to commemorate the Tulsa Race Massacre on it's 100-year anniversary, the City Council participated in various events throughout the year.
Learn more about these events and resources for the Tulsa Race Massacre below.
Videos
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The Tulsa City-County Library has a wealth of resources available on it's website. Much of what is listed below comes from this site: https://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/tulsa-and-oklahoma-history
Documents
Books
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1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the American Red Cross, "Angels of Mercy" (1993) by Robert Hower
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the Politics of Memory (2000) by Julia Forrester-Sellers
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The Burning Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (2001) by Tim Madigan
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Death in A Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (1992) by Scott Ellsworth
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Events of the Tulsa Race Riot Disaster (1922) by Mary E. Jones Parrish
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My Life and An Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin (1997) by Buck Colbert Franklin
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Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy (2002) by James Hirsch
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Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street, 1921 (2003) by Eddie Faye Gates
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Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District (2014) by Hannibal Johnson
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The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: The Politics of Lawlessness (1996) by Majorie Ann Tracy
Newsletters
Documentaries
Coming in 2021
1. LeBron James' Spring Hill will produce a documentary with Bad Rap's Salima Koroma directing.
2. Dream Hampton, who exec produced Surviving R. Kelly, is planning a miniseries titled Black Wall Street with Cineflix Productions.
3. Russell Westbrook, another NBA superstar, partnered with production house Blackfin for a docuseries titled Terror in Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, to be directed by Stanley Nelson, the filmmaker behind Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.
4. National Geographic special: New documentary from filmmaker Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble, The Way I See It). Tentatively titled Red Summer.
5. New documentary, Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, premieres Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org and the PBS Video app.
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Videos
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In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned
from The History Channel, Feb. 19, 1999
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Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission Interviews Tape 1
from the Oklahoma Historical Society
Podcasts
Soul of a Nation - Tulsa's Buried Truth
from ABC News, April 6, 2021
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American History Tellers: Tulsa Race Massacre
from Wondery, May 29, 2019
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