Interviews & Testimonies
- Voices of Oklahoma – Otis Clark: Tulsa Race Massacre SurvivorOtis Clark was 19 years old on May 31, 1921. Otis was 106 years old at the time of this interview November 23, 2009. While not an eyewitness to the lynch mob–he and his friend were the target of rifle shots. He chose to leave Tulsa to escape the encampments setup for blacks. Otis moved to California where he became an evangelist. In 1998 he returned to Tulsa where he lived for a few years before retiring to Seattle, Washington.
- Voices of Oklahoma – Wess YoungWessley Hubert “Wess” Young Sr., was a Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, World War II veteran and longtime Tulsa activist. [He] was four years old in 1921, when he, his mother and older sister were told to run for cover during the devastation. His family lost everything in the Tulsa Race Massacre and lived in a camp at the fairgrounds for months. Since Wess was so young in May and June of 1921, his memory is filled with the stories told to him by his parents and relatives. Wess traveled around the country during his life speaking about the event.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
- The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims (Smithsonian)A manuscript titled “The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims” by B.C. Franklin. The unpublished manuscript consists of ten pages written in black type on yellowed paper. It was written on August 22, 1931, ten years after the Tulsa Race Massacre and recounts the events of the massacre as witnessed by the author, including an account of Franklin witnessing three men being killed by the mob. The manuscript is signed by B.C. Franklin on the last page.
- 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Testify Before CongressSiblings Hughes Vann Ellis, age 100, and Viola Fletcher, age 107, testify at a congressional hearing looking into legal remedies to compensate survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Podcasts
Films & Television
DVDs
Watchmen. The complete first season by Call Number: Course Reserves PN1992.77 .W38 2020Publication Date: 2020
Lovecraft country. The complete first season by Call Number: , Media DVD (Level 1) PN1992.77 .L68 2021Publication Date: 2021
STREAMING
- Solomon Sir Jones Films, 1924-1928 (Yale Beinecke Library) The Solomon Sir Jones films consist of 29 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928.
- Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten (Films on Demand) One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.
- Boss: The Black experience in business (Films on Demand) DESCRIPTION From award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson comes a film that educates, informs, and examines more than 150 years of African-American men and women who have embodied the qualities that are the heart of the American entrepreneurial spirit.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Web-based digital video delivery platform that allows viewing of thousands of streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime. Available for in-class use and remote viewing. Notes: Works best with Firefox. Use the 'email this video' feature to send a film link, not the browser link. Searching Tips: Register on campus in order to take advantage of all features. Once registered, you may log in from anywhere.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window Educational and feature films from major producers including California Newsreel, Criterion Collection, Green Planet Films, Kino Lorber, and others. For academic use only. Films may need to be ordered in advance before viewing. See https://commons.trincoll.edu/library/2019/08/12/changes-to-kanopy-film-streaming-library/ for more details.
- Docuseek2 Complete Collection (Second Edition) This link opens in a new window The Docuseek2 Complete Collection™: Second Edition will contain 1800 exclusive documentaries, upon completion in 2020. This collection of issues-based documentary films comes from leading producers and distributors, including Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, the National Film Board of Canada, MediaStorm, Terra Nova Films, KimStim, and Scorpion TV, and other independent filmmakers from around the world. This collection focuses on environmental studies and sciences, sociology, anthropology, global studies, area studies, women’s studies, history, political science, criminal justice, health, psychology, the arts, and more.
- PBS Video Collection: Fourth Edition This link opens in a new window Over 1,200 streaming video documentaries and series from PBS. Subjects range from science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, and more. Includes access to a select number of NOVA episodes.
Maps & Interactives
TIMELINES
MAPS
- Visualizing the Red Summer (Timeline JS) While called the Red Summer, the timeframe that most historians use when discussing these events is April through November of 1919. Some scholars now use the term to describe racial violence for the greater time period from roughly 1917-1921. This timeline offers a brief glimpse into the events that summer using articles and documents to highlight each city’s riot or lynching.
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Tulsa Get a block-by-block look at Tulsa and the Greenwood district in that era with these Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of the city.
- Red Record of Lynching Map This map was submitted to Congress in 1922 to support an anti-lynching bill, H. R. 13, introduced by Representative Leonidas Dyer of Missouri. The Dyer bill had already passed in the House and awaited a vote in the Senate. Issued by the Colored Women’s Clubs of Michigan, the “Red Record” shows the distribution of lynchings by state and specifically calls out Northern congressmen who voted against the Dyer bill.