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.
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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.
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