1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre
Hear the oral histories of Oklahomans who experienced the 1921 Race Massacre firsthand and learn from their incredible lives and legacies.
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Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher
Civil Rights ActivistIn 1946 the University of Oklahoma College of law denied admission to Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher because she was African American. The OU law school was an all-white institution in …
Jenkin Jones Jr.
The Tulsa TribuneThe grandfather of Jenkin “Jenk” Lloyd Jones Jr., Richard Lloyd Jones, bought the Tulsa Democrat from Charles Page (the founder of Sand Springs, OK) and turned it into the Tulsa …
Otis Clark
Tulsa 1921 Race MassacreThe Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is considered to be the worst race riot in U.S. history. The actual number of black citizens killed by local, white, militia men and …
Reuben Gant
Football PlayerReuben Charles Gant was born on April 12, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reuben was a standout athlete from an early age, often having to prove his age in baseball with …
Wavel Ashbaugh
CentenarianWavel Ashbaugh was 105 when she was inducted into the Centenarian Club of Oklahoma. Wavel’s mother was a Perryman, a creek family that came to Indian Territory in the 1820s …
Wess & Cathryn Young
Tulsa 1921 Race MassacreWessley Hubert “Wess” Young Sr., was a Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, World War II veteran and longtime Tulsa activist. Wess was four years old in 1921, when he, his mother …
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