81 - The Tulsa Race Massacre

In one of the worst single incidents of racial violence in American history, the people of the Greenwood District were viciously attacked by an angry white mob. There are still unidentified victims, so we're here to talk about it and tell you how you can help give them their names back.

*Content warning: Racism, hate crimes, murder*

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Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy. Executive Produced by Alvin Patrick, Hosted by Gayle King. CBS News, 2021. Paramount+.

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre. Directed by Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams. Blackfin, Firelight Films, Hiptruth Productions, 2021. Hulu.

Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Interviews Part 1

Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Interviews Part 2

Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Interviews Part 3

The Tulsa Race Massacre Commission Report

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Jim Crow Laws (History)

The Origins of Jim Crow

Segregation History

How the Tulsa Race Massacre was Covered Up

Tulsa Race Massacre: This is what happened in Tulsa in 1921

B.C. Franklin

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Distrust could delay identifying remains from Tulsa mass grave

More DNA sought from remains of possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims

Attorneys file lawsuit seeking redress for Tulsa Massacre

Judge: Tulsa Race Massacre victims' descendants can't sue

Oklahoma's high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

Hughes Van Ellis , one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102

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