Editing Tulsa race massacre (section)

==In popular culture==
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===Literature===
* ''The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921'' (2021; [https://tupress.org/9781595349439/the-nation-must-awake/ Trinity University Press] {{ISBN|978-1595349439}}) by Mary E. Jones Parrish, previously titled ''The Events of the Tulsa Disaster'' (1923, self-published), eyewitness accounts that were compiled by a woman who survived the massacre.
* ''Magic City'' (1998; [[HarperCollins]]: {{ISBN|978-0060929077|}}), presents a fictionalized account of the massacre.
* ''Fire in Beulah'' (2001; [[Penguin Books]]: {{ISBN|978-0142000243}}), a novel by [[Rilla Askew]], is set during the riot.
* ''The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921'' (2001; [[St. Martin's Press]]: {{ISBN|978-0312272838}}), a nonfiction account of the massacre by [[Timothy Madigan|Tim Madigan]].
* ''If We Must Die'' (2002; [[Texas Christian University Press|TCU Press]]: {{ISBN|978-0875652627}}), a novel about Tulsa's 1921 Greenwood Riot by Pat Carr. A [[If We Must Die|poem with the same name]] was published by [[Claude McKay]] in 1919 and it is about the [[Red Summer]] race riots.
* ''Tulsa Burning'' (2002), a book by Anna Myers, is a novel for middle-grade readers set during the riot.
* ''Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy'' (2003; ) [[Mariner Books]]. {{ISBN|0-618-10813-0}}), a nonfiction account of the massacre by [[James S. Hirsch]]
* ''Big Mama Speaks'' (2011), [[Hannibal B. Johnson]]'s one-woman play featuring Vanessa Harris-Adams and remembrances and reminiscences of the Black Wall Street.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Celebration of National Museum of African American History and Culture among activities at BCC's Friends and Family Day |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/celebration-of-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-among-activities-at-bccs-friends-and-family-day.html |access-date=February 6, 2016 |publisher=Purdue University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208033649/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/celebration-of-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-among-activities-at-bccs-friends-and-family-day.html |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "The Case for Reparations" (2014) in ''[[The Atlantic]]'', an article by [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] that brought more attention to the riots.<ref>{{cite web |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |date=June 2014 |title=The Case for Reparations |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ |access-date=October 21, 2019 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020210518/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Dreamland Burning'' (2017; [[Little, Brown and Company]]: {{ISBN|978-0316384902}}), a novel by Jennifer Latham that interweaves the events in Tulsa in 1921 with their modern consequences.
* The Tulsa massacre gives the backstory for ''Bitter Root'', an [[Eisner Award]] winning comic series by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene.
* ''[[Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre]]'' (2021; [[Carolrhoda Books]] {{ISBN|978-1541581203}}) with text by [[Carole Boston Weatherford]] and illustrations by [[Floyd Cooper (illustrator)|Floyd Cooper]] was awarded the 2022 Caldecott Medal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Newbery, Caldecott announce 2022 children's book awards |work=The Christian Science Monitor |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2022/0125/Newbery-Caldecott-announce-2022-children-s-book-awards |access-date=January 26, 2022 |issn=0882-7729 }}</ref>

===Film and television===
* ''Going back to T-Town'' (1993), a documentary directed by Samuel D. Pollard and Joyce Vaughn, released as Episode 12, Season 5 of [[American Experience]], a TV series on [[PBS]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/t-town/ |title=Going Back to T-Town |publisher=[[PBS]] |work=American Experience |date=1993 }}</ref>
* ''The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story'' (2000), a documentary directed by Michael Wilkerson, was first released on [[Cinemax]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bracht |first=Mel |date=May 31, 2000 |url=http://newsok.com/tulsa-race-riot-examined-in-new-film-documentary-debuts-today-on-cinemax/article/2699372 |title=Tulsa race riot examined in new film; Documentary debuts today on Cinemax |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602031844/http://newsok.com/tulsa-race-riot-examined-in-new-film-documentary-debuts-today-on-cinemax/article/2699372 |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Oxman |first=Steven |date=May 29, 2000 |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117786589/ |title=The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>
* ''Before They Die'' (2008), a documentary by Reggie Turner, endorsed by the Tulsa Project, chronicling the lives of the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot and their quest for justice from both the city and the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beforetheydiemovie.com/ |title=Before They Die! movie website |access-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120135718/http://www.beforetheydiemovie.com/ |archive-date=January 20, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Hate Crimes in the Heartland]]'' (2014), a documentary by [[Rachel Lyon]] and [[Bavand Karim]] that provides an in-depth examination of the riot.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Rich |date=February 4, 2015 |title=Rachel Lyon Discusses Her Film, "Hate Crimes in the Heartland," Which Will Soon Be Screened in Tulsa |publisher=Public Radio Tulsa |url=http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/rachel-lyon-discusses-her-film-hate-crimes-heartland-which-will-soon-be-screened-tulsa#stream/0 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412152657/http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/rachel-lyon-discusses-her-film-hate-crimes-heartland-which-will-soon-be-screened-tulsa#stream/0 |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]'' (2019), a TV series on [[HBO]], based on the characters in the [[Watchmen|graphic novel with the same name]]. The producer of the series, [[Damon Lindelof]], was inspired to open the pilot episode with depictions of the riots and base the series on racial tensions after he read Coates' article about them.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cullera |first=Scott |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Why Watchmen's Damon Lindelof Used the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 as a Backdrop |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/21/watchmen-tulsa-massacre-1921-riot-oklahoma-real-history |access-date=October 21, 2019 |work=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022010804/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/21/watchmen-tulsa-massacre-1921-riot-oklahoma-real-history |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many aspects of the series' plot center on the legacy of the graphic novel and the massacre in an alternate timeline in the present day in Tulsa, where [[Ethnic conflict|racial conflict]] remains high.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |date=October 21, 2019 |title='Watchmen' recreates the Tulsa massacre of 1921, exposing viewers to an ugly chapter |language=en |publisher=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/watchmen-recreates-tulsa-massacre-1921-exposing-viewers-ugly-chapter-n1069426 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217132341/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/watchmen-recreates-tulsa-massacre-1921-exposing-viewers-ugly-chapter-n1069426 |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to its popularity, ''Watchmen'' was considered the first exposé of the Tulsa race massacre via the [[entertainment]] industry because its history was not widely discussed and it had never been depicted in that way before.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lambe |first=Stacy |date=June 2, 2020 |title=Hollywood Is Finally Shining a Light on the Tulsa Race Massacre – Right When We Need It Most |url=https://www.etonline.com/hollywood-is-finally-shining-a-light-on-the-tulsa-race-massacre-right-when-we-need-it-most-147524 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609212354/https://www.etonline.com/hollywood-is-finally-shining-a-light-on-the-tulsa-race-massacre-right-when-we-need-it-most-147524 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2020 |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Lovecraft Country (TV series)|Lovecraft Country]]'' (2020), a TV series on HBO, based on the 2016 [[Lovecraft Country (novel)|novel with the same title]]. In episode 9, titled "Rewind 1921", its main characters Atticus "Tic" Freeman, his father Montrose Freeman, and Letitia "Leti" Lewis travel back in time to the night of the massacre in order to retrieve a spell book (which was burned in the fictional reality on that night) and use it to save the life of a family member.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/lovecraft-country-episode-9-review-rewind-1921 |title=Lovecraft Country: Episode 9 Review – 'Rewind 1921' – IGN |date=October 12, 2020 |via=www.ign.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/lovecraft-country-recap-season-1-episode-9-rewind-1921.html |title=Lovecraft Country Recap: Home Runs on Their Heads |first=Steffan |last=Triplett |date=October 12, 2020 |website=Vulture }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-recaps/lovecraft-country-recap-episode-9-rewind-1921-tulsa-1073598/ |title='Lovecraft Country' Recap: Into the Fire |first1=Alan |last1=Sepinwall |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/lovecraft-country-tackles-personal-and-national-trauma-1845342523 |title=Lovecraft Country tackles personal and national trauma |website=TV Club |date=October 12, 2020 }}</ref>
* In [[The Equalizer (2021 TV series)#Season 2 (2021–22)|the television 2021 version of ''The Equalizer'']], Season 2 episode 10, titled "Legacy", tells a fictionalized story of a family whose home was destroyed during the Tulsa race massacre and who had a painting of a member stolen by a white family that would later become tycoons in the shipping industry. The main character, Robyn McCall, is asked to retrieve the painting for an elderly survivor of the events.
* In ''[[Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America]]'' (2021), civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson visits the Greenwood District of Tulsa and speaks with residents about the massacre. In a conversation at Oaklawn Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Robert Turner and Chief Egunwale F. Amusan (who serves as the President of the African Ancestral Society), Robinson asks, "What is the most reasonable estimate of how many people died?" Amusan replies, "You're looking at 4,000 people that you cannot account for."<ref>Kunstler, Emily, and Kunstler, Sarah (directors) (2021). ''Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America'' (Motion picture).</ref>
* ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'' (2023), a film directed by [[Martin Scorsese]] and based on the 2017 [[Killers of the Flower Moon (book)|book of the same name]] by [[David Grann]], features footage of the massacre.

===Music and art===
* [[Graham Nash]]'s song, "Dirty Little Secret" from his 2002 album ''[[Songs for Survivors]]'' is about the Tulsa race massacre.
* ''Scorched Earth'' (2006), a work of art on canvas by [[Mark Bradford]], on display at [[The Broad]] museum<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thebroad.org/art/mark-bradford/scorched-earth |title=The Broad: Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth |access-date=September 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014608/https://www.thebroad.org/art/mark-bradford/scorched-earth |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Race Riot Suite'' (2011), a jazz suite by [[Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey]], released by Kinnara Records, was recorded at Tulsa's [[The Church Studio|Church Studio]]<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0002187745 |title=Race Riot Suite }}</ref>
* [[Bob Dylan]]'s song "[[Murder Most Foul (song)|Murder Most Foul]]" on his 2020 album ''[[Rough and Rowdy Ways]]'' has the line "Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime"<ref name="murdermostfoul">{{cite web |title=Murder Most Foul Lyrics |url=https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/murder-most-foul/ |website=bobdylan.com |publisher=Sony |access-date=October 10, 2020 }}</ref>
* [[The Gap Band]], which was formed in Tulsa, was named after Greenwood, Archer, and Pine streets in remembrance of the Tulsa race massacre. A long-standing rumor claimed that their 1982 song "[[You Dropped a Bomb on Me]]" was inspired by the aerial bombing during the massacre, but this was debunked by frontman and songwriter [[Charlie Wilson (singer)|Charlie Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tulsa Race Massacre: How The Gap Band Was a Tribute to the Former 'Black Wall Street' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tulsa-race-massacre-gap-band-010242782.html |access-date=December 9, 2021 |website=yahoo.com |date=May 28, 2021 |language=en-US }}</ref>
* [[Steph Simon]], an African American rapper from Tulsa, uses the history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a regular motif across his discography.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Grace Wood Tulsa World |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Steph Simon: Rapper, producer and activist creates music with a mission |url=https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/music/steph-simon-rapper-producer-and-activist-creates-music-with-a-mission/article_33ffaaa6-ac99-11ed-acfe-6fb16d29bb8d.html |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=Tulsa World |language=en }}</ref>