The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Michael Wilkerson
2000-05-31

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.
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80 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ed Asner Unowned
Roscoe Lee Browne Unowned
Nell Carter Unowned
Rae Dawn Chong Unowned
Bill Cobbs Unowned
Bill Cosby Unowned
Mike Farrell Unowned
Celeste Holm Unowned
Mary Kay Place Unowned
Dale Robertson Unowned
Mary Steenburgen Calvin and Nobbs
Courtney B. Vance Unowned
John Vernon Unowned
Alfre Woodard Mary Parrish (voice) Zac E. Chan
Rocky Frisco Narrator Unowned