The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Name: The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Director: Michael Wilkerson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-05-31
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 9.0
Cast: Ed Asner, Roscoe Lee Browne, Nell Carter, Rae Dawn Chong, Bill Cobbs

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.

Documentary

May 31, 20001h 20m9.0 / 10

Overview

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.

Director

Michael Wilkerson

Production

Cinemax Reel LifeBarrister Productions, L.C.

Cast