HIS 100 Module Four Activity Narratives Template
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HIS 100 Module Four Activity Template: Historical Narratives
Locate an additional secondary source relevant to your historical event. Use all four of your
sources (two primary and two secondary) to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed
text with your responses.
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
Tulsa Race Massacre
Attempt to write the APA style citations for your four sources. Include links to each source. You will not
be penalized for incorrect citation format.
Richardson, Randi (May 28, 2021)
Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later: Why it happened and
why it’s still relevant today
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tulsa-race-massacre-100-
years-later-why-it-happened-why-n1268877
Parrish, M. M. (1922).
Events of the Tulsa Disaster
. Retrieved from
http://129.244.102.213/speccoll/collections/F704T92P37%201922_Events/Events1.pdf
Erling, J. (2009, November 23).
Otis Clark: Tulsa 1921 Race Massacre
. Retrieved from
https://voicesofoklahoma.com/interviews/clark-otis/
Ellsworth, S. (n.d.).
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Tulsa Race Massacre
.
Retrieved from Oklahoma Historical Society:
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU013
Compare the narratives presented in your primary and secondary sources relevant to your
historical event.
In comparison, the narratives in these sources all in some way tell the story and the events of
the Tulsa race massacre. The secondary sources all provide an outside narrative with a
compilation of different pieces of information and statistics regarding the event from the how it
started to the death toll. The primary sources all provide narratives from individuals who
experienced this event firsthand and shared their experiences. These sources provide more
emotion and the ability to experience this event through the individuals’ stories.
Describe one narrative that has significantly influenced the contemporary understanding of your
historical event.
One narrative that influenced the events’ understanding is the primary first-hand narrative,
specifically the one of Mary Parrish. The firsthand narrative she tells in her book gives the event
much more detail other than what the primary sources can provide. She tells how prosperous
the African American community of Tulsa was before the massacre. This narrative also details
her experiences on that when the riots broke out. At the time her story was released, the Tulsa
media was predominately white and did not give full details of the story. Without her story and
her firsthand narrative, we may have never been able to fully understand or grasp how
devastating this event was to this community.
Explain how the chosen narrative helps you better understand your historical research question.
Please provide your revised research question and then explain how the chosen narrative helps
you better understand your historical event.
This narrative helps me better understand my research question because it provides more detail
than the who or the what. This narrative gives the actual experience of an African American
woman living in Tulsa both before and after the massacre happened, which gives more in-depth
detail to both inspire more extensive research to and provide a better answer to the research
question.
As mentioned, this narrative provides better understanding of the Tulsa Massacre because the
emotion and experiences detailed in the book gives a deeper story behind the event other than
an outside narrative that only states the details and statistics. Reading the book and the story of
Mary Parrish I am able to put myself in her shoes and better understand her experiences.
Research Question: What were the causes that led to the Tulsa Race Massacre, and how did it
affect the local African American community?
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