Tulsa race massacre of 1921: References & Edit History
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Scott Ellsworth, Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (1982, reissued 1992); Hannibal B. Johnson, Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District (1998, reissued 2007), and Black Wall Street 100: An American City Grapples with Its Historical Racial Trauma (2020); Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, Tulsa Race Riot: A Report (2001); Alfred L. Brophy, Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation (2002); James Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy (2002, reissued 2014); Tim Madigan, The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (2003).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: PBS - Tulsa Race Massacre: What You Didnt Learn in History Class. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Added a cross-reference. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Revised opening sentence and added a cross-reference to Black Wall Street. | Feb 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Tulsa Race Massacre: What You Didnt Learn in History Class. | Jun 30, 2021 | ||
| Added descriptions of John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park and Greenwood Rising. | May 26, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | May 17, 2021 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Sep 30, 2020 | ||
| Changed the title from “Tulsa race riot of 1921” to “Tulsa race massacre of 1921.” | Jun 16, 2020 | ||
| Noted that the Tulsa race riot of 1921 is also known as the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. | Feb 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Tulsa Race Riot. | Sep 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oklahoma Historical Society - Tulsa Race Massacre. | Sep 10, 2014 | ||
| New article added. | Nov 05, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography added. | Nov 05, 2013 |
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