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- Sep 1
- 10 min
Beno Hall: Tulsa’s Ku Klux Klan Klubhouse
by Steve Gerkin – Beno Hall, Tulsa's Klan Headquarters at 501 N Main St. in Tulsa Think of a hall. Well, there's a pool hall, city hall,...
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- Aug 16
- 6 min
The Case for April Wilkens' Life
By Colleen McCarty Esq. April Wilkins is serving life in prison in Oklahoma, despite maintaining her innocence and compelling evidence...
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- Jul 7
- 14 min
J.B. Stradford: Carnage Without Death
by Steve Gerkin J.B. Stradford We will never understand. How could we allow the racial brutality of slavery, the lynching of Blacks as...
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- Jun 29
- 15 min
An Open Letter to the Tulsa City Council
What went wrong with the Mass Graves investigation and how to fix it by Randy Hopkins UPDATE ON JUNE 25, 2022 - Unfortunately, since the...
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- Feb 17
- 10 min
Alias: James Jones and "Diamond Dick" Rowland
More than 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the central character known as “Diamond Dick” Rowland remains a mystery, until now.
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- Jan 25
- 18 min
"Move The Negroes Out"
The plan was to demolish Sand Spring’s largest Black community and replace it with a retail and commercial district.
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
"Public Secrets" Podcast - Ep. 2
While the Tulsa Race Massacre has grown to occupy a prominent position in the history of America’s struggle with race, the event itself...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 14 min
The Desegregation of Charles Page High School in 1964
By John Neal – Charles Page High School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma from the 1965 Sandite yearbook of student Barbara Eichenfeld courtesy...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 29 min
Echo of History: The City of Tulsa’s Mass Graves Debacle
– By Randy Hopkins Art by Randy Riggs On the morning of July 30, 2021, an iron fence and locked gates divided two groups of Tulsans at...
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- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
"Public Secrets" Podcast - Ep. 1
– Mass Graves at Oaklawn with Chief Amusan and Kavin Ross In the aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, there were numerous accounts...
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 15 min
The Notorious Sarah Page
Most of Sarah Page’s legend is untrue. Fortunately, it is now possible to meet the real person at the center of Tulsa’s race war.
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- Jun 22, 2021
- 15 min
Recovering History: The Freeing of Dick Roland
by Randy Hopkins – An affidavit signed by Dick Roland. Courtesy of Ruth Avery Sigler Collection, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa While...
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 9 min
Mask of Atonement: The Plan to Rebuild the Homes of Greenwood
By Randy Hopkins– The front page of the Witchita Daily Eagle on June 3rd, 1921 On Thursday morning, June 2, 1921, one of Tulsa’s many...
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 23 min
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" and the Tulsa Race Massacre - Part Three
By Randy Hopkins– A scene from the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 courtesy of the Tulsa World Part 3 - War comes to Tulsa James Hirsch,...
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- Apr 8, 2021
- 28 min
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" and the Tulsa Race Massacre - Part Two
By Randy Hopkins – Article from the Tulsa Tribune state-edition on June 1st, 1921 courtesy of The Oklahoma Historical Society. Part Two -...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 55 min
Racing to the Precipice: Tulsa's Last Lynching
By Randy Hopkins – Tom Owens, also known as Roy Belton, courtesy of the Tulsa Tribune The words passed down a dark, narrow stairway...
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 34 min
The Plot to Kill "Diamond Dick Rowland" & The Tulsa Race Massacre - Part One
By Randy Hopkins – J.M. Adkinson from a campaign advertisement courtesy of the author. On Tuesday afternoon, May 31, 1921, a newspaper...
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- Jan 22, 2021
- 18 min
Monumental Malice
By Fraser Kastner – The monument in Owen Park was erected by the Tulsa Association of Pioneers in honor of the charter members of the...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 66 min
Birthday of the Klan: The Tulsa Outrage of 1917
The I.W.W. had indeed been heavily infiltrated, such that it was increasingly difficult to tell where the union left off and the spies began
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- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Here Be Monsters Podcast Ep. 140
by KCRW A man surveying the damage of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 with a sun rising and pillars of smoke billowing. Original image...
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- Jun 23, 2020
- 19 min
The Nightmare of Dreamland: Tate Brady and The Tulsa Outrage
The man’s cries were ignored; every man was whipped, tarred, and feathered. The incident became known “The Tulsa Outrage.”
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
Public Secrets: Cavalry Cemetary
by This Land Press In this episode of Public Secrets, Lee Roy Chapman and Kavin Ross uncover a secret Cherokee Freedmen cemetery in South...
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- May 22, 2020
- 5 min
Who's Afraid of Elohim City?
by Lee Roy Chapman and Joshua Kline — Originally published in the April 15th, 2012 edition of This Land. Bad men are drawn to the City of...
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- May 22, 2020
- 5 min
The Strange Love of Dr. Billy James Hargis
by Lee Roy Chapman – This photo is among those in the collection of Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett. The collection of negatives was salvaged...
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- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
1940s Greenwood on Film
by The Harold Anderson Black Wall Street Collection via Getty Images – View a collection of over 25 short b-roll film clips from Harold...
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- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Public Secrets: White Dove Review
by This Land Press – Historical savant Lee Roy Chapman takes us on a tour of the forgotten histories of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today's episode:...
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- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Public Secrets: Woody Guthrie
by This Land Press – Lee Roy Chapman introduces us to the hometown of legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie, Okemah, Oklahoma. The “Public...
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- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Public Secrets: Tate Brady
by This Land Press – Lee Roy Chapman Delves into the checkered past of Tulsa Founding Father Tate Brady in this episode of Public...
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- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Public Secrets: The Sex Pistols
by This Land Press – In this episode of Public Secrets, we delve into the infamous Sex Pistols show at Cain's Ballroom on January 12th,...
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- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
1966 Interview of Ralph Ellison on Invisible Man
by The Oklahoma Historical Society – Black and white film footage (commercially produced) provides a rare interview with award-winning...
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- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
1950s Video of Native Americans Dancing at Indian City, USA
A rare color film with audio of various American Indian dances Indian City, USA in Anadarko, Oklahoma in the 1950s.
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