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Photograph of a crowd of people walking toward a building in Tulsa

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On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street," in the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history. Homes, businesses, and community structures including schools, churches, a hospital, and the library were looted and burned or otherwise destroyed. Exact statistics are unknown, but the violence left around 10,000 people homeless and as many as 300 people dead with many more missing and wounded.A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people crossing the street toward a building in Tulsa during or after the Tulsa Race Massacre. There is a motorcycle in the midground. There is loss on the photograph at the top right and left corners, and the bottom left corner is bent. The photograph is fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.3, 2019.95.4, and 2019.95.6.
Format:
Silver And Photographic Gelatin On Paper (Fiber Product)
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra P. Johnson Smith
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Communities
  4. Race Relations
  5. Race Riots
  6. Tulsa Race Massacre
  7. U.S. History, 1919 1933
  8. Violence

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