Documentary · United States of America · 2000 · 1h 20m

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Director

Michael Wilkerson

Cast

Ed Asner as Roscoe Lee Browne as Nell Carter as Rae Dawn Chong as Bill Cobbs as Bill Cosby as

Crew

Michael Wilkerson — Editor Michael Wilkerson — Writer Michael Wilkerson — Producer

Tagline

In 1921, the "Oil Capital of the World" had a population of 100,000... and a Ku Klux Klan with a membership of over 3,000.

Synopsis

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses and background accounts by historians.

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