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Episode 3: Take Me Back To Coweta Town
Atkins belonged to Coweta Town, an ancient tribal town that was relocated to Indian Territory when he was a young child.
Russell Cobb
Aug 9, 20244 min read
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Ep. 1: Stumbling Upon A Forgotten Crime in the Oil Capital of the World
I was not expecting to find lost treasure as I shifted through a pile of paperwork. But there was one thing that caught my eye: a series of
Russell Cobb
Jul 2, 20246 min read
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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...
Randy Hopkins
Feb 2, 20248 min read
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"All Crooks at Tulsa" The Myth of Tommy Atkins & The Enduring Legacy Of An Oil Capital Fraud
Tommy was a Muscogee boy whose land was worth many millions of dollars in 1914. The only problem was that he may have never existed.
Russell Cobb
Sep 1, 202317 min read
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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, 20239 min read
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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 22, 202315 min read
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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
Aug 21, 202310 min read
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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...
Steve Gerkin
Aug 21, 202314 min read
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