The World Awakens to the Truth of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

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If you have been following my posts about the history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, you know that in the mid-to-late 1990s, I researched this event and authored 4 novels. At that time, I struggled to find any information at all. The city of Tulsa had gone to great lengths to bury the information. Still and yet, my novels give a fairly clear portrayal.

In later years, however, the world began to awaken to  the truth of the horrors of this infamous riot.

The video featured in this post includes interviews not only survivors of the riot, but many of the white folk who remembered details of the incident quite clearly. This is also during the time of the release of the documentary Before They Die,” which added to the disclosure of the events as they actually happened.

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1921 Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Speak Out (Tulsa Series)

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Tulsa Greenwood District burning — 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Speak Out

It took many years, but eventually a few of the survivors of the Tulsa 1921 Race Riot began to join forces  and speak out. Joining together, I believe, gave them the courage to make their voices heard so the truth could at long last be exposed.

Unfortunately this speaking out happened in the years following my own research for the Tulsa Series books. How  I would have loved to have interviewed a few of them.

These men and women, for the most part, were mere children as they witnessed their homes and the entire Greenwood District of Tulsa being destroyed.

This video is just one example.


In 2008, a documentary entitled Before They Die was produced and released. More about  that in a subsequent post. Stay tuned.

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