View Document for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection
Created by
Reginald Turner, American
Subject of
Clark, Otis, 1903 - 2012
Ellsworth, Scott, American
Franklin, John Hope, American, 1915 - 2009
Gates, Eddie Faye, American, 1934 - 2021
Dr. Hooker, Olivia, 1915 - 2018
Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
Knight, Thelma, 1915 - 2009
Ogletree, Charles Jr., American, 1952 - 2023
Young, Wess Sr., 1917 - 2014
McCondichie, Eldoris, American, 1911 - 2010
Date
2004-2007
Medium
digital
Dimensions
1.38 TB
Caption
See more about this collection in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive (SOVA) here: https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAAHC.A2014.240 or contact NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu.
Description
The Guide to 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection documents the survivors of the 1921Tulsa Race Massacre as well as their journey to acknowledgment, justice, and restitution. This digital collection is an edited version of a larger collection created by Reginald Turner, Executive Director and Founder of The Tulsa Project, Inc. The collection consists of interview videos of individual survivors, their descendants, riot witnesses, historians, community supporters as well as the legal proceedings for U.S. government acknowledgement of the massacre and its subsequent devastation. This collection serves to bear witness to one of the most infamous episodes of American history, allowing those who lived through it to convey their experiences directly in their own words.
Interviewees include: Juanita Burnett Arnold, J.B. Bates, Beatrice Campbell-Webster, Otis Granville Clark, Clyde Eddy, Scott Ellsworth, Archie Jackson Franklin, Jimmie Lilly Franklin, John Hope Franklin, Eddie Faye Fates, Robert Holloway, Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, Eunice Cloman Jackson, Thelma Thurman Knight, Eldoris Mae Ector McCondichie, William [Bill] O'Brien, Charles Ogletree Jr., Jewel Smitherman Rogers. John Washington Rogers Jr., Wess Hubert Young.
Place depicted
Greenwood District, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection
Classification
Archival Collections
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
oral histories
interviews
digital media - born analog
Topic
American South
American West
Communities
Hate crimes
Race discrimination
Race relations
Race riots
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 1919-1933
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Tulsa Project, Inc. (Reginald Turner, J.D. Clement & The Lomax Company)
Object number
A2014.240
Restrictions & Rights
© The Tulsa Project, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5266f261b-6412-4c5e-b91b-9d554dd1603d

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