Research Guides: Systemic Racism: Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

The Massacre of Black Wall Street
Recently depicted on the HBO series Watchmen, the events around the 1921 Tulsa race riots are shown here in graphic novel format.
White, Walter. "The Eruption of Tulsa"
From Milestone Documents in African American History.
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O'Neal, M. J. (2017). Walter F. White: "The eruption of Tulsa" 1921. In Grey House Publishing (Ed.), Milestone documents: Milestone documents in African American history (2nd ed.). Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press.
The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims, by B.C. Franklin
An unpublished manuscript written 10 years after the massacre by a witnessing survivor.
Black Wall Street: The African American Haven That Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes, by Victor Luckerson
A reported, researched look at the glory, razing, and rebuilding of Greenwood.
Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
The published findings of an independent expert panel on the consequences of the massacre.
‘They Was Killing Black People,’ by DeNeen L. Brown
An article from the Washington Post about the lingering damages of the massacre, and how it affects Tulsa today.