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African Americans Violence against African Americans Violence against Oklahoma Tulsa History 20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) Race relations History 20th century Michigan Calumet Oklahoma Tulsa Race relations Racism Racism Oklahoma Tulsa History 20th century Tulsa (Okla.) Race relations History 20th century Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921Filter By Subjects
African Americans Violence against African Americans Violence against Oklahoma Tulsa History 20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) Race relations History 20th century Michigan Calumet Oklahoma Tulsa Race relations Racism Racism Oklahoma Tulsa History 20th century Tulsa (Okla.) Race relations History 20th century Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921Summary: An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a tragedy immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his ballad "1913 Massacre", performed in the film by Steve Earle. The event remains the deadliest unsolved manslaughter in U.S. history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REDSummary: One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021