• Cap'n I Got a Home In Oklahoma
  Convicts at Clemens Farm, TX. Rec. 4/16/1939. Read lyrics.

• Gourd Dance Song
  Rec. August 1983 @ a pow-wow, Macy, Nebraska. "...In the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, gourd dance songs have been used for social gatherings. The Omaha have used them for birthday celebrations or as veterans' songs. Some gourd dance songs have words, and others do not."

• Song about the departure of Seminole Indians from Florida for Oklahoma
  In the Muskegee language. Very low-gain recording, but the WAV file could be enhanced digitally.

• Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
  The Oklahoma Historical Society -- phone: 405-522-5049
  Warning -- everything is gone except the Final Report! In fact, most of the entire damned site is dead links.
  
  • Final Report of the Commission (5+ mb -- approx 177 pp. total)
  • Very brief HTML version

• The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: A geophysical study to locate a mass grave
  Download full report as PDF
  The Leading Edge, June 2001 (monthly journal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists)
  SEG = multi-national assoc. based in Tulsa, OK
  http://www.edge-online.org/

• University of Tulsa
  Department of Special Collections
  McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK
  Fifth level of the East Wing of McFarlin Library, 2933 East 6th Street, Tulsa, OK 74104-3123.
  Telephone: 918-631-2496. Fax: 918-631-5022.
  • The Tulsa Race Riot Collection - Holdings
    BOOKMARK THIS! Catalog of newspapers, photos, audio tapes, and other holdings from the collection. De facto bibliography.
  • Tulsa Race Riot Photographs -- "...anyone interested in obtaining copies of any of the images should contact the Department of Special Collections to obtain pricing information."
  • Access Policies for Special Collections
    Excerpt: "...Any person of good conduct may make written application to the Head of Special Collections for permission to examine manuscripts. Permission, subject to any general restrictions on access imposed by the writer, the donor, or the Library, will be granted at the discretion of the Special Collections staff to qualified and properly accredited persons whose purposes are acceptable."
  • Dept. staff listings and contact info

WEB SITES, PAPERS, and LENGTHY ARTICLES

• Black Holocaust Society
  Gregory E. Brown, Director
  1027 E. Pleasant Street #206
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
  email: pclaserplus@hotmail.com   phone: 414-273-0344
  Awesome web site. Tons of photos, snippets from news articles, etc.
  • Article about the Black Holocaust Museum (Milwaukee)

• "The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921" by I. Marc Carlson (2000)
  "The contents of this Website consist of a paper written over a decade ago, and an ongoing look at research I am currently engaged in."

• "The Tulsa Riot of 1921" by Alice Lovelace (In Motion Magazine)
  Part 1 - Africans in Western Territory
  Part 2 - The 1921 Riot to today

• Tulsa Red Cross' Account of the riot relief effort (official site)

• The Tulsa Race Riot and Domestic Terrorism by Kimberly Ellis (doctoral candidate - Purdue Univ.)
• Time for Justice in Oklahoma by Kimberly Ellis (June 5, 2001 - TomPaine.com)
  Part of series of articles: "All Eyes on Tulsa."

• Tulsa Burning (Civilization; February 01, 1997)
  Via Britannica Online
  • View entire article on single page

• Black Wall Street - Tulsa Race Riot
  Brief excerpts and photos from the book.

• "The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921" by James Patrick (Exodus Newsmagazine)
  • Part One (July 9, 1999)
  • Part Two (March 30, 2000)

• See also the Univ. of Tulsa holdings list re: the Tulsa Riot for extensive news bibliography.
  
  
• Contemporaneous (1920s)
  • The key Tulsa Tribune articles of May 31, 1921:
    
    • "Nab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator" (front page)
      Charged that Rowland had "scratched her hands and face and [was] tearing her clothes"
    • "To Lynch Negro Tonight" (back-page editorial)
    From Marc Carlson's paper, f.n. 7 -- Items quoted in Loren L. Gill, "Tulsa Race Riot" (MA Thesis, University of Tulsa, 1946) 88, n.3. The original article was torn from the bound record volume at the newspaper morgue prior to its being photographed for microfilm. Photographs of an intact first page mockup were displayed in both Skip Nicholson, "Greenwood Blues, the Tulsa Race War of 1921," (n.p., KOCO-TV 5 Alive, 1983), videotape; and Jilda Unruh, prod., "Tulsa's Secret: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921," (Tulsa, KTUL-TV productions, 1985), videotape.
  • The Chicago Defender is known to have had coverage at the time, including confirmation of the aerial bombing. Chicago Public Library has extensive microfilm archives of the paper.
  • The Nation: Tulsa, 1921
    Includes repros of two contemporaneous articles which they ran. One reporter (also w/ NAACP at the time) travelled there incognito to see for himself.
  • Tulsa Riot History & Image Page
    Includes a repro of a June 5, 1921 Tulsa Tribune article re: death toll. Also images, and a couple tiny excerpts from Black Wall Street.
• 1996
  • Black Tulsa Businessman Has Been Cleared (10/26/1996 - NY Times)
    "Seventy-five years after the fact and six decades after his death, a black Tulsa businessman has been cleared of wrongdoing in connection with one of the deadliest race riots in American history. "
• 1997
  • Changes Planned for Resolution Authorizing Study of 1921 Riot - Commission Should Have "Academic Freedom," Authors Say (March 13, 1997 - Oklahoma House of Representatives)
• 1998
  • CNN: Inter-racial repentance marks Tulsa riot anniversary (June 2, 1998)
• 1999
  • Oklahoma looks into history of race riot (5/16/1999 - Holland Sentinel)
  • Tulsans Talk About 1921 Race Riot (03/23/1999 - Omaha World-Herald)
    Abstract only. Full article costs 3 bux -- just go to the damned library and pay a quarter for a photocopy.
    Abstract: The mention of mass graves brings to mind the genocidal wars that have bloodied Bosnia, Rwanda and Central America. But at its meeting Friday, a state commission in Oklahoma discussed its search for mass burials along the Arkansas River in downtown Tulsa and elsewhere in the city. The panel, the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, was created by the state legislature in 1997 to investigate violence that swept the city in 1921. In less than one day, rioting whites killed perhaps as many as 200 to 300 black citizens, burned more than 1,000 residences and razed one of the most prosperous business districts in the Southwest. The exact casualty figures and property losses were obscured in a cover-up that kept the riot out of polite conversation and school history textbooks for nearly half a century. But with its report due out in the fall, the commission will substantially expand what Tulsans know about a bloody night almost 78 years ago.
  • CNN: Tulsa panel seeks truth from 1921 race riot (August 3, 1999)
  • Commission Probes 1921 Riot - May Seek Reparations for Oklahoma Racial Clash (Aug. 9, 1999 - APBnews.com)
  • 1921 race riot recalled (8/10/1999 - Holland Sentinel)
    Includes a few quotes from survivors.
  • Mass Graves in Tulsa? (Aug. 10, 1999 - ABC News)
  • 1921 race riot details chronicled for commission (8/10/1999 - Amarillo Globe-News)
  • Details of Tulsa race riot (8/10/1999 - Detroit Free Press)
    78 years later, Okla. group seeks to uncover what really happened
  • "Seventy-eight years later, Tulsa re-examines deadly race riot" (Sept. 9, 1999 - Kansas City Star)
    Includes quotes from Clyde Eddy, an eyewitness (age 10 at time) who watched mass burials.
  • Grave Matters (10/20/99 - Willamette Week [Portland, OR])
    "Scott Ellsworth's 1976 senior history project at Reed College has turned into an investigation of one of the country's most troubling, and most neglected, chapters in race relations."
  • A City's Buried Shame - Tulsa's long cover-up of horrific 1921 race riot prompts a search for a mass grave. (Oct. 23, 1999 - Los Angeles Times)
    Also: Oklahoma Closes Race Riot Probe, No Reparations (May 25, 2001 - Reuters)
  • Unearthing Ugly History - Graves May Reveal Long-Hidden Secrets of Tulsa Race Riot (Nov. 11, 1999 - ABC News)
    Rather extensive article. Some photos. The video link is dead, dammit.
• 2000
  • Editorial writers consider race riot panel (2/1/2000 - Daily Oklahoman, via Shawnee News-Star Online)
    "We...question the objectivity of any commission report... The Oklahoman believes the commission and the Legislature should focus their efforts on building a first-class memorial.... We do not oppose the use of some public funds for this project, but it should be financed primarily by donations... The idea of giving cash to individuals believed to be survivors of victims is absurd and divisive.... [I]t is not the responsibility of all Oklahoma taxpayers to fund any reparations that may be recommended by the commission."
  • Tulsa Race Riot Panel Recommends Reparations (2/5/2000 - Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • Retired educator recalls horrors of Tulsa race riot - Detroiter backs bid for reparations in Oklahoma strife (2/21/2000 - Detroit News)
  • OSU-Tulsa plans memorial of historical school site (March 24, 2000 - Daily O'Collegian [sic] - Okla. State Univ.)
  • "Report reveals facts on 1921 racist riot against Blacks in Oklahoma" (March 26, 2001 - The Militant)
    See what the Commies have to say.
  • Race riot panel looks for special session funding reprieve (May 2, 2000 - Shawnee Online)
    "The state panel digging into the 1921 Tulsa race riot will consider raising private funds if the Legislature doesn't come through this week with money to finish the job, one member said Monday. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission has not received funding past the original $50,000 allocation made upon its creation in 1997..."
  • Guardsmen at Center of Race Riot Discussion (05/26/2000 - The Daily Oklahoman)
  • Tulsa No Longer Silent About Catastrophic Race Riot - Documentary Explores Causes and Effects of 1921 Massacre (May 31, 2000 - APBnews.com)
  • 79 years after race riot, rebuilding still the focus (6/5/2000 - Daily Aredmoreite, Ardmore OK)
  • Tulsa race riot remembered in reconciliation movement (6/21/00 - United Methodist Reporter)
  • WHO PAYS: In Oklahoma, Another Debate About Reparations by Alfred Brophy (July 27, 2000 - TomePaine.com)
  • Excavating a Tulsa Race Riot (no date given -- 2000? - NY Times)
• 2001
  • Panel wraps up inquiry into Tulsa race riot (02/23/2001 - Kansas City Star)
    "Everyone knows that what happened 80 years ago was a bad, awful thing," [conservative talk-radio host John Erling] said. "But our people are saying, 'If this is leading to money...the answer is no.' We had nothing to do with it. We're not paying any reparations."
  • Okla. honors race-riot survivors (4/25/2001 - Philly Daily News)
  • Oklahoma Closes Race Riot Probe, No Reparations (May 25, 2001 - Reuters) -- @ bottom
    Also: "A City's Buried Shame - Tulsa's long cover-up of horrific 1921 race riot prompts a search for a mass grave." (Oct. 23, 1999 - Los Angeles Times)
  • For Now, No Reparations for Tulsa Race Riot Victims (June 21, 2001 - SeeingBlack.com)
    "Republican senators, who voted against [it], said the bill's language still painted White people 'as thugs.'" -- well, duh!

• Tulsa and major Oklahoma newspapers:
  • Tulsa World
  • Tulsa Today
  • Daily Oklahoman (News OK) (OK City)
  • Yahoo's index of Okla. papers