Account of 1921 riot once again in print
by: Staff Reports
Sunday, April 25, 2010
4/25/2010 7:59:16 AM
Long after the smoldering remains from the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot cooled, a veil of secrecy hung over the tragedy for generations.
The event was omitted from U.S. and Oklahoma history books, but the terror remained alive in the minds of those who lived through the torment.
“Events from the Tulsa Disaster” is a chronicle of the aftermath by Tulsa resident Mary E. Jones Parrish. Her first-hand account was published in 1923 and is filled with stories from witnesses and victims sharing their perspectives on these tragic events.
Parrish’s book was for many years out of print. Now — thanks to funding from Anne and Henry Zarrow Family Foundation, the Maxine and Jack Zarrow Foundation and the Oklahoma Humanities Council — the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation has reprinted this historically important book.
Copies were donated to Tulsa Community College, Tulsa Public Schools and the Tulsa City-County Library.
TCCL received 50 copies, which will be available for checkout from any of TCCL’s 25 locations. Books also will be included in TCCL’s African-American Resource Center’s Tulsa Race Riot educational kit for teachers. The kit includes:
History Channel DVD and Study Guide “In Search of History: The Night Tulsa Burned.”
The books “Riot on Greenwood” by Eddie Faye Gates and “Black Wall Street” by Hannibal Johnson, along with special study guides for each volume.
Reproductions of 1921 “Race Riot Post Cards” in black photo album.
1921 Race Riot “Angels of Mercy” Identification Card and Police Protection Card.
For more information on TCCL’s African-American Resource Center, call coordinator Alicia Latimer, 596-7920, or visit the library’s website, tulsaworld.com/library.
