Episodes & Descriptions

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...

Aug 13, 20202 min read

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...

Jul 29, 20202 min read

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...

Jul 15, 20202 min read

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...

Jul 1, 20202 min read

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...

Jun 17, 202024 min read

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...

Jun 5, 202029 min read

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...

May 27, 202021 min read

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,...

May 6, 202028 min read

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.

Apr 22, 202029 min read

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...

Mar 25, 202026 min read

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.,...

Mar 19, 202018 min read

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...

Mar 11, 202016 min read

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...

Mar 4, 202039 min read

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...

Mar 4, 202024 min read

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,...

Feb 20, 202015 min read

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...

Feb 19, 202021 min read

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...

Feb 18, 20206 min read