Oklahoma Law Review Volume 54 Number 1 1-1-2001 The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 in the Oklahona Supreme Court Alfred L. Brophy Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Alfred L. Brophy, The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 in the Oklahona Supreme Court, 54 OKLA. L. REV. 67 (2001), https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol54/iss1/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Oklahoma Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921 IN THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT ALFRED L. BROPHY* One witness, whose testimony is not questioned, testified that about 9 o'clock he viewed the scene from the top of the Tulsa Hotel. He testified that it looked like the whole section of the negro district was on fire. - Redfearn v. American Central Insurance Company, 243 P. 929, 930 (Okla. 1926) © 2000 Alfred L. Brophy. Contact the author for reprint permission. * Visiting Professor, Boston College Law School, 2000-01, and Professor of Law, University of Alabama. The themes discussed here are explored in more depth in ALFRED BROPHY, RECONSTRUCTING THE DREAMLAND: THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921 (forthcoming Oxford University Press, 2001). I am grateful to the extraordinary group of historians and journalists who have loaned me their expertise and have asked provocative questions, especially: Brent Staples, Dedi Felman, Eleanor Beardsley, Terry Gross, Don Ross, Doug Bukowski, Arnold Hamilton, Scott Ellsworth, Samm Brown, Claudia Kolker, Paul Finkelman, Jim Brown, Cathy Williams, Dick Warner, Coni Williams, Eddie Faye Gates, Rik Espinosa, Randy Krehbiel, Michael Overall, and Robert Norris.