Poster of Cast and Crew in In Search Of History - Season 4 - Episode 2 - The Night Tulsa Burned

In Search Of History - Season 4 - The Night Tulsa Burned (Episode 2)

Plot: Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa
Episode Aired On:
Friday, February 19 1999
25 years ago