Tulsa Race Massacre - Berkeley Human Rights Center

At the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre—one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history—Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten premiered on PBS stations nationwide. The documentary, co-produced by HRC Co-Faculty Director Eric Stover, examined this deadly assault in the context of contemporary police violence, including the police murder of George Floyd.

“The Tulsa Race Massacre should be seen and remembered in the context of other global atrocities and racial violence,” said Stover, who collaborated with Director Jonathan Silvers and Washington Post reporter DeNeen Brown to make the film. “This documentary tells a story once erased from American history, sharing the resistance, hopes, and quest of Black communities seeking truth and justice.”

With the support of former HRC Associate Director Andrea Lampros, students in the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab contributed research to fact check “Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten.”

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Washington Post reporter DeNeen Brown. Photo by Jonathan Silvers.

February 4, 2021

Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Examines the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later

HRC in the News — Berkeley Law: Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten examines the Tulsa Race Massacre a hundred years later, on film produced by Eric Stover and supported by Investigation Lab

A still from Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, which premieres on PBS on Monday. Photograph: University of Tulsa McFarlin Library Special Collections.

May 30, 2021

3 Documentaries you should watch about the Tulsa Race Massacre

HRC in the News — NPR: 3 Documentaries you should watch about the Tulsa Race Massacre, on film produced by Eric Stover and supported by Investigation Lab students.

May 7, 2021

Berkeley Conversations: Centenary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

HRC in the News — Youtube: Berkeley Conversations: Centenary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, panel featuring Eric Stover on the film he produced, also supported by Investigation Lab students.

A rampage by a white mob that began May 31, 1921, in a prosperous area of Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street, left more than 100 Black people dead, 37 blocks of their homes and businesses burned and thousands of residents homeless. (Library of Congress/Wikipedia).

November 23, 2020

Documentarian hopes film on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is wake-up call

HRC in the News — Berkeley News: Documentarian hopes film on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is wake-up call, on film produced by Eric Stover and supported by Investigation Lab students.

“Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten,” which airs May 31, commemorates the centennial of what some regard as the most egregious violence against Black people in the United States. Photo: Courtesy McFarlain Library, University of Tulsa.

May 24, 2021

Hushed History: Berkeley Law’s Eric Stover co-produces PBS film on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

HRC in the News — Berkeley Law: Hushed History: Berkeley Law’s Eric Stover co-produces PBS film on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on film produced by Eric Stover and supported by Investigation

May 29, 2021

‘Justice looks like telling the story’: the long buried story of the Tulsa race massacre

HRC in the News — The Guardian: ‘Justice looks like telling the story’: the long buried story of the Tulsa race massacre, on film produced by Eric Stover and supported by Investigation