1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection
date: label: Date
content: 2004-2007
name: label: Created by
content: Reginald Turner, American
label: Subject of
content: Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Scott Ellsworth, American
label: Subject of
content: John Hope Franklin, American, 1915 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Olivia Hooker, 1915 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Eunice Jackson, American, 1903 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Charles Ogletree Jr., American, 1952 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Wess Young Sr., 1917 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Eldoris McCondichie, American, 1911 - 2010
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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: label: Place depicted
content: Greenwood District, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2014.240
objectType: label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: interviews
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The Tulsa Project, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: 1.38 TB