Death of Olivia Hooker-- Part 3: What Happened to Her Doll

One of her most searing memories was what the mob did to her doll.  "My grandmother had made some beautiful clothes for my doll.  It was the first ethnic doll we had ever seen.  ...she washed them and put them on the line.  When the marauders came, the first thing they did was set fire to my doll's clothes.  I thought that was dreadful."

Her family survived the massacre.  Her father temporarily located the family, including her mother and five children, to Topeka, Kansas, while her father remained in Oklahoma attempting to rebuild his business.

He later went on a speaking tour to black Methodist churches to bear witness to the murder and incineration in Tulsa.

When the family returned to Tulsa, she attended Booker T. Washington High School.  "The teachers were scholars, and they were determined every child would do his best,  every child would be taught the King's English."