In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned

About In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned

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.

In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned is a 1999 documentary film.

Johnny D. Kirk plays Dick Rowland. At 41 minutes long, it arrived in February 1999.

Produced by Triage Entertainment. American members can watch it on History Vault.