Bell, PatriciaMesser, Chris2013-11-262013-11-262008-07http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/7006Scope and Method of Study: This is a case study of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Through the use of governmental archives, census records, narratives, media coverage, and other document and historical analysis, this study examines the causes of the riot as well as how the Tulsa riot has undergone a frame transformation.Findings and Conclusions: This study concludes that the Tulsa Race Riot was caused by a host of factors including, a racist and discriminatory historical context; various structural characteristics, including factors related to politics, race, and law enforcement; a culture of racism and vigilantism; and a triggering event involving the arrest of an African American accused of assaulting a White woman. In addition, this study concludes that the Tulsa riot, originally framed as a "Negro uprising," has increasingly become interpreted as a "racial injustice." Thus, African Americans have transitioned from being the cause of the riot to the victim of the riot.application/pdfCopyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.Dissertationtulsa race riotframingriotinterracial violencecauses