In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned

In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned

1999
41min

Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.

In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned

Storyline

Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.
    Released
    19 February 1999
    Runtime
    41min
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Triage Entertainment
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