Tag Archives: Tulsa race riots
John Hope Franklin Dead at Age 94
Historian traced African American history from slavery to presidency
John Hope Franklin, a chronicler of history who also shaped it, died this morning from…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
March 25, 2009
Tags: John Hope Franklin, Tulsa race riots
Surviving Destruction of ‘Black Wall Street’
Black business executives lend time, money to finance New York screening
On May 21, 1921, what was once the “Black Wall Street” in Oklahoma became the…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
November 21, 2008
Tags: Before They Die, Black Wall Street, Charles Ogletree, Dr. Olivia Hooker, Tulsa race riots, Wess Young
