HIS 100 Module Three Activity Template: Revising Questions
Lisa Cruz
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
Tulsa Massacre
Identify a historical perspective that could be applied to your historical event.
The historical perspective that could be ascribed to the Tulsa Massacre would be segregation
between whites and minority ethnic groups, particularly blacks. During this segregation whites
and blacks had separate neighborhoods that included not only housing but businesses,
education, and healthcare. This segregation created a division between the two races and
exemplified racism. That racism intensified during the saga of Sarah Page and Mr. Rowland
causing the whites to attack in such a violent way.
Revise your research question based on evidence from your primary and secondary sources.
In 1964, civil rights act passed a law that prohibits any kind of discrimination based on race,
color, gender, and sex, how has this law helped racism in todays society?
How has segregation of whites and blacks changed since the Tulsa Massacre, and how does the
change in this segregation play into todays society?
Explain how historical perspective and evidence from sources influenced your finalized research
question.
During my research of the Tulsa Massacre, I decided to focus mainly on social effects, as social
effects played the key role in this event. The Tulsa Massacre is founded on the ethical issues of
how and why racism would lead to the destruction of an entire town. The segregation between
the two races raises questions such as, why would a certain race be isolated and why it came to
be that an attack made on blacks was so brutal that an entire town needed to be burnt to dust.
Primary and Secondary resources shed insight on the aftermath of the Tulsa Massacre and how
future generations would come to understand why an angry white mob burned down an affluent
black town. It is so important to pay attention to the social implications of the Tulsa Massacre
because that is what influences the affected families and how their future generations would
perceive the event.
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