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- Title
Interpreting violence: The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and its legacy.
- Authors
Karatzas, Konstantinos D.
- Abstract
The article analyses aspects of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Riot and War. In the first part, it presents a brief history of Tulsa, Oklahoma and the reasons that triggered the clash that devastated Greenwood, the black part of Tulsa. The next section focuses on the role of the Red Cross in the relief project for the support of thousands of homeless African Americans, and deals with the long legal struggle for reparations and the role of the legal system in the failure to punish the guilty for the devastation of Greenwood. The last part of the article presents the controversy generated by the renaming of one of Tulsa's main streets and the direct connection to the city's violent and racial past. The legacy of segregation is deeply rooted in the American past; the use of the Tulsa Riot and War as a case study demonstrates the impact of racial conflicts on society and the necessity to identify and resolve relevant problems.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TULSA Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921; RED Cross &; Red Crescent; AFRICAN American homeless persons; REPARATIONS to African Americans; JUSTICE administration
- Publication
European Journal of American Culture, 2018, Vol 37, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
1466-0407
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/ejac.37.2.127_1