The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
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.
2000
Rated
NR
80
minutes
Documentary
★★★★★
★★★★★
4.1
Directed By:
Michael Wilkerson
Starring:
Ed Asner, Roscoe Lee Browne, Nell Carter, Rae Dawn Chong, Bill Cobbs, Bill Cosby, Alfre Woodard, Rocky Frisco
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.
Language
English
Release Date
May 31, 2000
Cast
Ed Asner
Roscoe Lee Browne
Nell Carter
Rae Dawn Chong
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cosby
Mike Farrell
Celeste Holm
Mary Kay Place
Dale Robertson
Mary Steenburgen
Courtney B. Vance
John Vernon
Alfre Woodard
Mary Parrish (voice)
Rocky Frisco
Narrator
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