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Entrance to refugee camp on the fair grounds, Tulsa, after the race riot of June...

Entrance to refugee camp on the fair grounds, Tulsa, after the race riot of June 1st 1921 (b/w photo)
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Entrance to refugee camp on the fair grounds, Tulsa, after the race riot of June 1st 1921 (b/w photo)
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American Photographer, (20th century) / American
Location
Private Collection
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1921 AD (C20th AD)
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On May 31st/June 1st 1921 mobs of whites attacked black residents and businesses over the alleged assault of white elevator operator Sarah Page by Dick Rowland, a black teenage shoeshiner. Between 30 and 300 people were killed, mostly African Americans, more than 6,000 residents arrested and the prosperous neighbourhood of Greenwood, known as the “black Wall Street” was destroyed.

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