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2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Directed by Michael Wilkerson
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.

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.

Duration

1h 20m

Released

May 31, 2000

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Cast15

  • Ed Asner
  • Roscoe Lee Browne
  • Nell Carter
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Bill Cobbs
  • Bill Cosby
  • Mike Farrell
  • Celeste Holm
  • Mary Kay Place

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