Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1977.072.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Williams, William Danforth |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
03/29/1977 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. Click here to view the transcription PDF file. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring William Danforth Williams conducted at his home at 2233 North Denver Avenue in Tulsa, OK, by Jan Jennings Sparks, a volunteer with the Tulsa County Historical Society, on March 29, 1977. The audio track is 57:27 in length. 00:01 introduction, full name, & family history 05:20 occupations of parents 09:40 recollections of family homes and possessions 14:35 Black communities in and near Tulsa, OK [Section of audio missing. See transcript PDF.] 18:10 discussion of the events of the Tulsa Race Massacre 36:20 Black community's feelings about the Race Massacre 38:45 financing available to Blacks to rebuild 39:40 end of martial law, reunited with mother, & living in a tent 43:30 predictions of the future of Tulsa, OK 44:50 experiences with racism in the Southern United States 49:25 trip with grandson and discussion of family members |
Search Terms |
Alsuma, OK Black towns Blacks churches Convention Hall detention Dreamland Theatre First Baptist Church of North Tulsa Greenwood District martial law Mt. Zion Baptist Church North Greenwood Avenue Oklahoma National Guard oral history interviews racism Rentie Grove, OK schools Snake Creek, OK South Haven, OK teachers tents Thompson Ice Cream Company Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa Tribune - newspaper Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church Williams Building Williams Confectionary Williams Garage |
People |
Cleaver, Barney S. Cotten, Sally Cotten, Thomas Benton Dillon, Jake McKeever, Joseph J. Williams, John Wesley Williams, Lindsey Williams, Loula Thomas Cotten Williams, Seymour Williams, William Danforth |