There was some excitement among Tulsa history buffs when it was learned that the Smithsonian Channel would be showing colorized clips from home movies showing Greenwood, Tulsa's historic African-American district, as it was in the mid-to-late1920s. Instead we have another instance of the erroneous notion I call the "Greenwood...
Posted by Michael Bates on July 3, 2017 12:29 PM
A remarkable and detailed 1921 map of Tulsa is available for viewing online, from the Special Collections of the University of Tulsa McFarlin Library. The inset map shows the entire city, and is captioned; TULSA AND ADDITIONS A Ready Reference and Guide Map to Tulsa's OFFICE & PUBLIC BLDGS. CLUBS,...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 29, 2014 12:01 AM
I. Marc Carlson, Librarian of Special Collections at the University of Tulsa, has several personal webpages containing his research on the Tulsa Race Riot and other historical topics. I just found out about this material earlier this evening and wanted to preserve the links for future exploration: Tulsa Race Riot...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 24, 2014 11:23 PM
This Land Press has posted photos of every page of the Booker T. Washington High School Yearbook from 1921, the year of the race riot that destroyed the community which Washington High served. Faculty: Nine men, six women, and all appear to be African-American. Course of Study Freshman Class Latin...
Posted by Michael Bates on May 15, 2013 9:44 AM
One of the fun things about blogging for over eight years is when someone posts a comment or sends an email about a long-ago blog entry. Someone is searching on the web for information, perhaps about family or friends, and finds one of my entries, then writes a note to...
Posted by Michael Bates on December 24, 2011 1:37 PM
The story of Tulsa's Greenwood District did not end in 1921.
Posted by Michael Bates on May 30, 2011 11:53 PM
The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation has posted an online survey for Tulsa area residents on race relations and history. By way of explaining what it covers, here's the text from the first page: Thank you for your willingness to help improve our understanding of perceptions about race relations...
Posted by Michael Bates on January 14, 2011 12:55 AM
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