Petition Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of John Melvin Alexander et al. by the United States of America

Ogletree, Charles J.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.993646

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“…In addition, we also analyzed a book of narratives from survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race riot (Gates 2003). The search terms used to examine the newspaper and book narratives included “riot,” “reparations,” and “Greenwood.” Finally, we examined numerous formal legal claims made by victims and their representatives (Ogletree and McDougall 2005). These documents were analyzed for statements related to the riot and reparations, resulting in the analysis of over 100 additional documents.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This climate of racial hatred prevented the riot’s victims from obtaining redress for the harms they suffered and from rebuilding their community. (Ogletree and McDougall 2005:9)…”

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Supporters of reparations have also characterized the Tulsa case as a “conspiracy of silence” (Gates 2003; Krehbiel 2004; Ogletree and McDougall 2005; Underwood 1997). Riot victims and supporters claim that the city of Tulsa, and the state of Oklahoma, deliberately tried to hide details of the riot.…”

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Victims were buried in unmarked graves, neither the state nor the city took any investigations or prosecutions into their murders, and documents relating to the riot vanished from state archives. (Ogletree and McDougall 2005:12)…”

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The emerging narrative also emphasized the role of government officials for their active participation, or at least tacit approval of the violence perpetrated against the community. At the time of the riot in 1921, it was already welldocumented that local police officials had deputized and helped arm white citizens and that National Guardsmen helped arrest and detain African Americans (e.g., Espinosa 1997;Krehbiel 2000aKrehbiel , 2000bOgletree and McDougall 2005;Tiernan 1998). Yet, white officials in Tulsa at the time worked hard to frame these actions as a "justified" and proper response to the "militancy" among armed African Americans.…”

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Official Frames and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: The Struggle for Reparations

Messer

Shriver

Beamon

2017

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Movements that seek reparations against racial injustices must confront historic narratives of events and patterns of repression. These injustices are often legitimated through official narratives that discredit and vilify racial groups. This paper analyzes elite official frames in the case of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, in which an economically thriving African American neighborhood was destroyed. Our research examines the official frames that were promulgated by white elites in defending the violent repression and analyzes the ongoing efforts by reparations proponents to seek redress. We delineate the discursive mechanisms used by proponents to challenge the dominant white narrative of the riot and to campaign for reparations. We conclude by discussing the implications of our research for future research on racial injustices and reparations movements.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This climate of racial hatred prevented the riot’s victims from obtaining redress for the harms they suffered and from rebuilding their community. (Ogletree and McDougall 2005:9)…”

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenging Official Frames: Reinterpreting the Riotmentioning

confidence: 99%

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