- 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.





