CFC on WIOX Thursday August 6: Racism 2

Tonight CFC folklorist Ginny Scheer joins WIOX host Harry Anifantakis at  6 p.m. on his regular program, "Winging It" on 91.3 FM or wioxradio.org, for a special show devoted to the history of white race riots in the United States, especially the one in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1921, when an entire black neighborhood was leveled, many residents murdered, and thousands displaced.  Surprisingly, little or nothing was known among whites about the Tulsa riot until close to the end of the 20th century.  We hope you can join us tonight to hear the story of  Greenwood, as the neighborhood in Tulsa was called, and what it was like for Ginny and Harry to discover its history. .  

For additional information, here are some suggested resources. 

RESOURCES ABOUT THE 1921 GREENWOOD MASSACRE IN TULSA

WEBSITES AND LINKS:

1.Greenwood Cultural Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://greenwoodculturalcenter.com/

2. John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://www.jhfcenter.org/

3. June, 2020, 60 Minutes Program about the Greenwood Massacre

Article and link to video

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greenwood-massacre-tulsa-oklahoma-1921-race-riot-60-minutes-2 020-06-14/ 60 minutes episode

Video only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA8t8PW-OkA 60 minutes episode

4. What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like by Caleb Crain

April 27 2020 New Yorker Article about 1898 Wilmington, NC race riot:

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5. "Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921”

The report on the Tulsa race riot to the Oklahoma legislature, ordered in 1997. 200 pages with photos.  Can be obtained from Wikipedia, in footnote 2 under Tulsa Reparations Coalition

6. Oral History accounts by survivors and their descendants.  

Easiest access to examples can be found at the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation (jhfcenter.org) under Curriculum Resources.

7. Scott Ellsworth, 1982, Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.

Basic history.