1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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.

Steve Gerkin

Aug 21, 202314 min read

J.B. Stradford: Carnage Without Death

by Steve Gerkin J.B. Stradford We will never understand. How could we allow the racial brutality of slavery, the lynching of Blacks as...

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...

Stuart Hetherwood

Jun 30, 20232 min read

Introducing: OAKLAWN

A Documentary Film from the Center for Public Secrets and Well-Told “OAKLAWN” tells the story behind the investigation into the search...