Topic 2: The Black Wall Street Massacre (Monday, March 21 at 9:00 p.m.)
• Essay topic: Investigate the Tulsa Race Riot, also known as the attack on Black Wall
Street, and its implications. How did it impact the Black economy in Tulsa? Why did
another Black Wall Street not surface after the riot? What does the riot suggest about
Black wealth and the state?
Annotated Bibliography: You must attach an annotated bibliography to your research essay
draft. The annotated bibliography must include the bibliographical information and a oneparagraph description of at least five sources. These sources must be credible: mainly from the
library or refereed journals you have accessed from the library databases; scholarly articles you
find online; and credible newspapers, magazines, or pamphlets, etc. You must also include at
least one primary source—and preferably not one covered in class. (You are free to use the
readings from class—as they are from viable sources—but be sure to have at least three
outside sources.) Blogs, Wikipedia, Gale Group, short biographical/encyclopedia entries, and
other sources containing unverified information or editorializing are not permitted; and using
them will result in a deduction of your grade.
