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2000 Documentary 1h 20m

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

"In 1921, the "Oil Capital of the World" had a population of 100,000... and a Ku Klux Klan with a membership of over 3,000."

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses and background accounts by historians.

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Principal Cast

Ed Asner

Roscoe Lee Browne

Nell Carter

Rae Dawn Chong

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cosby

Mike Farrell

Celeste Holm

Mary Kay Place

Dale Robertson

Mary Steenburgen

Courtney B. Vance

John Vernon

Alfre Woodard

Mary Parrish (voice)

Rocky Frisco

Narrator

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