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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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