Storyteller: Cecilia Palmer

Interviewer: Jan Jennings Sparks

Date: 03/28/1977

Description: Cecilia Nails Palmer discusses her memories of the Tulsa Race Riots, how it affected her family and Tulsa business owners. Cecilia was the first African American Female Professor at TU.

Subjects: Tulsa, Race Riots, Family, University of Tulsa, education, African American business owners, James Hobert Nails, Vasonal Moore Nails Green, Rosetta Moore, Greenwood Avenue, Lincoln Park, Honeygrove, North Tulsa, Marshall house, McCree Grocery, Downtown Tulsa, Washington High School, Welfare, Poverty, Black History, Police Brutality,

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