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B.C. FRANKLIN
LESSON PLAN
& DOCUMENTS
From a meeting one day after the Massacre, these Chamber of Commerce minutes provide a lens into the cause of the massacre and how to move forward from the perspective of the white business citizens at the time.
This report provides a historical lens into the events of the Race Riot and its subsequent absence from the Tulsa historical narrative for decades. Includes maps and a chronological listing of the events of May 31 – June 1, 1921.
B.C. Franklin
Eyewitness Account
B.C. Franklin was the father of Dr. John Hope Franklin. This document is a manuscript of the events of the Massacre written by BC Franklin in 1931.
Click here to view the Manuscript.
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