Randy HopkinsAug 22, 202315 minTULSA HISTORYRecovering History: The Freeing of Dick RolandThere's no listing for this prisoner during June or July. This supports claims that Roland was removed from the jail soon after his arrival.
John NealAug 22, 202318 minOKLAHOMA HISTORY"Move The Negroes Out" The Destruction of the Historically Black Neighborhood in Sand Springs, OKThis Area A, the Southside Addition, was created as a segregated place of residency by the town founder in 1911.
Randy HopkinsAug 21, 202310 minTULSA HISTORYAlias: James Jones and "Diamond Dick" Rowland Learn about James Jones, better known as "Diamond Dick" Rowland, the teenager at the center of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Steve GerkinAug 21, 202314 minTULSA HISTORYJ.B. Stradford: Carnage Without Deathby Steve Gerkin J.B. Stradford We will never understand. How could we allow the racial brutality of slavery, the lynching of Blacks as...
Steve GerkinJul 7, 20239 minTULSA HISTORYThe Dons of Tulsa’s Ku Klux Klan: Exposing the Leaders Behind the Secret BrotherhoodBy Steve Gerkin - The Tulsa Klan parades through downtown Tulsa, August 1922. Some things don’t add up. Some things seem incongruous. How...