High School Football 1921: Return of the Hornets
By Randy Hopkins Courtesy of Tulsa Booker T. Washington High School. In the fall of 1921, students began returning to Tulsa, Oklahoma's...
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Randy Hopkins
Aug 23, 202315 min read
An Open Letter to the Tulsa City Council
Once the Centennial was over and a single body with bullet holes was discovered in Oaklawn in late June 2021, things changed.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 23, 202355 min read
Racing to the Precipice: Tulsa's Last Lynching
Pandemonium was loosed when the body finally dropped. The guards relaxed their grip and a mad dash ensued.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202366 min read
Birthday of the Klan: The Tulsa Outrage of 1917
On November 10, 1917, a birth announcement for the “Modern Ku Klux Klan” appeared in a front-page headline of the Tulsa Daily World.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202323 min read
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" and the Tulsa Race Massacre - Part Three
May 31, 1921 Tulsa police officials “feared the explosive combination of forces” resulting from the news of Diamond Dick Rowland’s arrest.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202328 min read
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" and the Tulsa Race Massacre - Part Two
Claiming them to be dens of iniquity, the police had long cast a suspicious eye on negro rooming houses. The Rowland family ran a large one.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202334 min read
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" & The Tulsa Race Massacre - Part One
On Tuesday afternoon, May 31, 1921, a newspaper article titled “Nab Negro for Attacking Girl In an Elevator” hit the streets of downtown Tu
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202329 min read
Echo of History: The City of Tulsa’s Mass Graves Debacle
On the morning of July 30, 2021, an iron fence and locked gates divided two groups of Tulsans at the City-owned Oaklawn Cemetery.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 20239 min read
Mask of Atonement: The Plan to Rebuild the Homes of Greenwood
The Greenwood rebuilding “plan” was a major feature of the second full day of national news coverage of the then-called Tulsa Race Riot.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 22, 202315 min read
Recovering History: The Freeing of Dick Roland
There's no listing for this prisoner during June or July. This supports claims that Roland was removed from the jail soon after his arrival.
Randy Hopkins
Aug 21, 202310 min read
Alias: James Jones and "Diamond Dick" Rowland
Learn about James Jones, better known as "Diamond Dick" Rowland, the teenager at the center of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Randy Hopkins
Jul 6, 202315 min read
The Notorious Sarah Page
By Randy Hopkins - Sarah Beaver (third from left) would eventually become Sarah Page, a central figure in the Tulsa Race Massacre of...
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