1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection

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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.

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