The Night Tulsa Burned
Show: In Search of History --> Season: 4 - Season 1999
AirDate: 2/19/1999
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Overview: Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.