ATTACK ON GREENWOOD – #TulsaSyllabus

Photograph of the ashes of a burned out block after the Tulsa Race Massacre, c. 1921. Oklahoma Historical Society

READINGS- Books/Journals/Dissertations

American Red Cross.

Tulsa Race Riot Disaster Relief Report. American Red Cross, Tulsa Area Chapter

Brophy, Alfred L.

Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Ellis, Kimberly C.

We Look Like Men of War: Africana Male Narratives and the Tulsa Race Riot, War and Massacre of 1921. Unpublished PhD Dissertation. Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University.

Ellsworth, Scott

Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press.

Forrester-Sellers, Julia

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the Politics of Memory. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Tulsa, Oklahoma University of Tulsa.

Gates, Eddie Faye

Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street, 1921. Tulsa, OK: Out on a Limb Publishing.

Gill, Loren L.

The Tulsa Race Riot. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Tulsa, Oklahoma, University of Tulsa.

Halliburton, Rudi Jr.

The Tulsa Race War of 1921. San Francisco, CA: R and E Research Associates.
The Tulsa Race War of 1921. Journal of Black Studies, 2 (3): 333-357.

Hirsch, James S.

Riot and Remembrance: America’s Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Hower, Robert N.

1921 Race Riot and the American Red Cross: Angels of Mercy. Tulsa, OK: Homestead Press.

Johnson, Hannibal

1998. Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District. Austin, TX: Eakin Press.

Jones Parrish, Mary E.

1998 [1923]. Events of the Tulsa Disaster: An Eyewitness Account of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Tulsa, OK: Out on a Limb Publishing. [originally published in 1923]

Krehbiel, Randy

Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Mackey, Joshua D.

May 2019. “Breaking a Century of Silence: A Historiography of the Tulsa Race Riot.” Fairmount Folio: Journal of HistoryVol.19. May 13, 2019.

Madigan, Tim

The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press.

Pitts Marsh, Corinda

Holocaust in the Homeland: Black Wall Street’s Last Days. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Messer, Christopher M.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: Determining its Causes and Framing. Unpublished PhD Dissertation. Stillwater, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University.

O’Brien, William M.

Who Speaks for Us?: The Responsible Citizens of Tulsa in 1921. Jenks, OK: William O’Brien.

Streissguth, Thomas (editor)

Reporting: The Tulsa Riot: 1921. St. Paul, MN: The Archive of American Journalism.

Tracy, Marjorie A.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: The politics of lawlessness. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Tulsa, Oklahoma, University of Tulsa.

Tulsa Chamber of Commerce

The Riot — Cause And Effect in Tulsa, OK. The Tulsa Spirit: 6 (11).

Wheeler, Ed

Profile of a Race Riot.Oklahoma Impact Magazine, (4): 14-26.

Williams I, Lee E. and Lee E. Williams II

Anatomy of Four Race Riots: Racial Conflict in Knoxville, Elaine (Arkansas), Tulsa, and Chicago, 1919-1921.Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.

NEWS- Op-Eds/Recent Articles

Brown, DeNeen L.

“They Was Killing Black People.” Washington Post. September 28, 2018.

Chang, Natalie

“The Massacre of Black Wall Street.” The Atlantic.com. Graphic Article sponsored by HBO Watchmen. November 23, 2019

Cobb, Russell

“Shifting Collective Memory in Tulsa.” New York Times. February 11, 2020.

Earley, Pete

“The Untold Story of One of America’s Worst Race Riots.” New York Times. September 12, 1982.

Gannon, Megan

“Unearthing the True Toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre.” Sapiens. May 22, 2020.

Johnson, Hannibal B.

“As 1921’s Centennial Nears, There is a Reason for Hope in Tulsa’s Effort to Face its Painful History Positively”. Tulsa World. July 14, 2019.

Keyes, Allison

“A Long-Lost Manuscript Contains a Searing Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921”. Smithsonian Magazine. May 2016.

Krehbiel, Randy

“1921 Race Riot: Tribune Mystery Unsolved.” Tulsa World. May 31, 2002.

McDonnell, Brandy

“Tulsa Race Massacre to be examined on Sunday’s ‘60 Minutes’”. The Oklahoman. June 13, 2020.

Myers, Lindsay

“The Continual Erasure of Greenwood.” The New Tulsa Star. March 22, 2020.

Odewale, Alicia

“New Efforts in Restorative Justice Archaeology: Tulsa, OK.” Society of Black Archaeologists Newsletter, 2(1): 12-13. January 13, 2020

Staples, Brent

“Unearthing a Riot.”New York Times. December 19, 1999

Unknown Author

“Timeline: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre” Tulsa World. May 25, 2020.

Unknown Arthur

“O.W. Gurley: ‘The Visionary Builder’.” Centennial Tulsa Pilgrimage 2021

REPORTS- Meetings/Legal Docs/Preservation Efforts

Franklin, John Hope and Scott Ellsworth (editors)

The Tulsa Race Riot: A Scientific, Historical and Legal Analysis. Oklahoma City, OK: Tulsa Race Riot Commission.

National Park Service

1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconnaissance Survey. National Park Service, US Department of the Interior.

National Register of Historic Places

Mount Zion Baptist Church, Registration Form, Listed since July 2008

Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal, Listed since August 2018

Norris, Robert D.

The Oklahoma National Guard and The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921: A Historical, Tactical And Legal Analysis. Unpublished manuscript.

Oklahoma Historical Society

Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Race Riot of 1921. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Historical Society.

H.R. 95- Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2007. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties Of The Committee on The Judiciary House of Representatives One Hundred Tenth Congress First Session On H.R. 1995. APRIL 24, 2007