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Solomon Sir Jones Films Collection, 1924-1928

Subject
African American/Black Traditions
Digital Archives
Oklahoma History
Open/Free Resources
Tulsa History
URL
https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/solomon-sir-jones-films-1924-1928

The Solomon Sir Jones films consist of 29 silent black and white films documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928. Tulsa footage can be found in at least five of the films (film two, film eighteen, film twenty, film twenty-seven, and film twenty-eight) and includes several shots of the Greenwood area. An green padlock icon that indicates that the resource is free and open to all library patrons.