TULSA, Okla. — Researchers and students from the University of Tulsa and the Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease are working on an oral history project that highlights family and community narratives related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The project is not meant to compete or replace any existing oral history projects that document survivor and descendant experiences. Organizers said this project “seeks to document memories of the attack that have been transmitted, preserved or omitted across generations.”
‘Breaking the Silence: Building a Community Archive of Allies, Bystanders, and Participants of the Tulsa Race Massacre’ is looking for family stories, silences, photographs, letters, inherited memories, documents, and any form of information that may have been passed down through the years.
If you or someone you know have a potentially relevant story, memory, or relic, you’re asked to contact the research team. Complete records are not required; partial stories and uncertain recollections are just as impactful for this project…