>One book is titled: Death in a Promised Land : The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 >by Scott Ellsworth & Dr. JohnHope Franklin > >There's also a website you might find of some interest: >http://members.fullnet.net/bhower/ > >Peace... > >Hasker Nelson >"He who inherits his father's wealth also inherits his father's debts." > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Archie Rawlings >Sent: Sunday, September 27, 1998 8:10 PM >To: afrigeneas@MsState.Edu >Subject: re. boon town in oklahoma > > >there was a race riot in tulsa oklahoma in the '20's. tulsa and oklahoma >was athe only two cities during this period that had large enough >populations to have 40,000 aa's. there is a book about the race riot. >a cousin has it and i can get the name of the book if you are interested. >however, there is no mention of oil. as i recall, this book indicated >that the reason had someting to do with a black man and a white >woman. > >during this period there was a thriving business area for blacks in >tulsa. in fact, it was called the negro wall street by the white >press. the are was in the greenwood street corridor. > >many blacks and whites were killed. the exact number was never known. >many blacks left on their own accord because their property had >been burned down. > >this book will make you proud in that this is a factual story >where blacks stood their ground against incredible odds. > >i will e-mail my cousin and ask for the reference details and >post it to afrigeneas. > >Archie Rawlings, Detroit, MI arawlings@detroit.freenet.org >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >