Introduction: Black Wall Street 1921
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Ruins after the race riots, Tulsa, Okla. Created / Published June 1921. Photographer name or...
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Episodes & Descriptions
- Jan 28, 2020
- 21 min
Ep 1: The "Five Civilized Tribes" And The Complicated History Between Blacks and Native Americans
Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress. Title: Map of the Indian and Oklahoma territories.Created / Published[S.l.], 1892.Call...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 15 min
Ep. 2: Oklahoma: A Promised Land
Title [An oil well, Oklahoma] Created / Publishedc1922. Notes- J253614 U.S. Copyright Office.- Copyright by G.H. Farnum, Okeman,...
- Jan 26, 2020
- 39 min
Ep. 3: Black Wall Street is Born
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A special thanks to the National African American...
- Jan 25, 2020
- 24 min
Ep. 4: Red Summer of 1919
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
- Jan 24, 2020
- 16 min
Ep. 4 The Red Summer of 1919 (Part 2)
Photo Courtesy: The Schomburg Center LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS The Red Summer of 1919 refers to the period between the spring...
- Jan 23, 2020
- 18 min
Ep. 5: Rumors of Lynching "Diamond Dick"
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Title: [Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African Americans during Tulsa, Okla.,...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 26 min
Ep. 6: Black Wall Street Burning
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN Overview Between May 31st and June 1st of 1921, what the Oklahoma Historical...
- Jan 21, 2020
- 29 min
Ep. 7 BONUS EPISODE: A Black Wall Street Legend-the story of Peg Leg Taylor and the legacy of trauma
"Stories also have been passed down over the years about Peg Leg Taylor, a legendary black defender who is said to have fought off rioters.
- Jan 20, 2020
- 28 min
Ep. 8: When The Smoke Cleared
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS When the mayhem ceased, and the smoke cleared,...
- Jan 19, 2020
- 21 min
Ep. 9: Ashes And The Fight For Greenwood
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Title: Portrait of Buck Colbert B. C. Franklin, father of Mozella Franklin Jones and...
- Jan 18, 2020
- 29 min
Ep. 10: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Despite potentially thousands of potential perpetrators of numerous crimes and potentially hundreds or...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 24 min
Ep. 11: Black Wall Street Reborn
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS While some African American survivors of the 1921...
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Ep. 12: "Tulsa's Terrible Secret" and the Erasure of Black History
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum Listen OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS Up until the later part of the 20th century, there...
- Jan 15, 2020
- 2 min
Ep. 13: Where Are The Bodies Buried?
LISTEN OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS A significant number of African American residents of Tulsa’s predominantly black Greenwood District...
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
14. The Legacy of Black Wall Street
Photo Courtesy: Oklahoma State University In the nearly 100 In the years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, particularly the...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Ep. 15 Series Finale - Tulsa's Story
Photo Courtesy: Tulsa Historical Society and Museum LISTEN: OR LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS For decades, a number of scholars and experts...
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