Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.266 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
08/10/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the Tulsa Tribune published August 10, 1921 and entitled "Red Cross Is On Verge Of Break With City Hall; A. L. Farmer Says Its 'Discouraging;' Bills Go Unpaid." This article expresses the frustration that relief staff of the American Red Cross feel toward the city government of Tulsa, OK, for the city's failure to provide funds for the relief of the African American community more than two months after the Tulsa Race Massacre of June 1, 1921. The article contains a list of contributions pledged toward relief including the following: approximately $25,000 solicited by the Public Welfare Board, $60,000 from Tulsa County, and $40,000 from the City of Tulsa, However the article reports that the Reconstruction Committee has failed to act to pay more than $10,000 in hospital bills incurred in early June despite the pleas of Director or Relief Maurice Willows. Willows suggests an eminent break in cooperation between the Red Cross and the City of Tulsa if city officials don't "live up to its promises and pay the funds it pledged." |
Search Terms |
Tulsa Race Massacre relief efforts American Red Cross Reconstruction Committee Booker T. Washington HIgh School Public Welfare Board Savoy Cafe |
People |
Farmer, A. L. Kitchen, Fred L. McCright, F. R. Willows, Maurice |