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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2012.050.262 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/23/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Eleven newspaper clippings from the Tulsa Daily World published June 23 - 25, and June 27, 1921, and attached to an album page. The first clipping, published June 23 is entitled "Good May Come Out Of Rioting." This article reports upon the formation of the Inter-Racial Committee of Tulsa County following the tragedy of the 1921 Tulsa "Race Riot." The purpose of the committee, as stated in the article, is to improve the condition of African Americans and to improve understanding and cooperation among the races. The article also states that one of the objects of the organization is "to recognize and, by its conduct, exemplify, a superior and dominant white citizenship in government, and in all the social relations of life." The organization also expresses its claim that African Americans are yet immature as a race and denounces in totality the practice of lynching. The article lists the officers of the committee, including Chairman Mather M. Eakes. The second newspaper clipping, published June 23, 1921, is entitled "Give Furniture To Needy Blacks." This article reports upon a resolution passed by the Reconstruction Committee urging local organizations in Tulsa, OK to appoint committees to take part in "old furniture day," a collection of second-hand furniture given to African Americans who lost their homes and property during the 1921 Tulsa "Race Riot." The article also reports that African Americans representing their community disagree with the plan of the Reconstruction Committee to convert the burned African American community into an industrial city district. The third newspaper clipping, published June 23, 1921, is entitled "Arrests For Rioting." This article reports upon the arrest of three African Americans indicted by a grand jury convened to investigate the 1921 Tulsa "Race Riot." The men were as follows: Mose Fitzgerald, W. S. Weaver, and Will Davis. All three were held in jail without bond. The fourth newspaper clipping, published June 24, 1921, is entitled "Official Heads Named in Probe." This article reports upon the closing activities of a grand jury convened to investigate the 1921 Tulsa "Race Riot." The report states that the jury will indict several city and county officials for their failure to stop the rioting and violence in Tulsa on June 1. The article reports the arrest of two Caucasian men, C. L. Deaver and E. P. Tutoe, for grand larceny resulting from looting property during the riot. The fifth newspaper clipping, published June 24, 1921, is entitled "Humphrey Urges Union Station." This article reports upon the suggestion of W. D. Humphrey, former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner and Tulsa attorney, to begin action for acquiring a "Union" railroad depot in Tulsa to be constructed in the African American district of the city burned during the recent "race riot."Humphrey urges condemnation proceedings of the burned area to begin soon. The sixth newspaper clipping, published June 24, 1921, is entitled "300 Refugees Chased From Tent Homes by Flood of Rainwater." This article reports on a heavy rain in Tulsa, OK, on June 23, 1921, which flooded the temporary tent homes of African Americans in the area devastated by the Tulsa Race Massacre. The water forced three hundred refugees from their tents. The American Red Cross took the refugees to Booker T. Washington High School, which served as an emergency camp. Mrs. W. H. Godfrey supervised their care. The seventh newspaper clipping, published June 25, 1921, is entitled "More Data Asked By Grand Jurors; Efforts to Indict City Officials Halted by Jury's Attitude; Call More Witnesses; Final Report Delayed to Prove Dereliction of the Authorities." This newspaper article reports upon the calling of additional witnesses on June 24, 1921 before the grand jury investigating the Tulsa Race Massacre. The article states that the jury called to testify Tulsa Police Commissioner James M. Adkison and several others. The jury required the testimony to settled differences among jury members concerning the dereliction of duty by Tulsa city and county officials. The article states that the jury will probably make a report of findings to Judge Valjean Biddison on Saturday, June 25, 1921. The article also reports the arrest of J. I Huff, alias J. I Hupp, for stealing goods from the homes of African Americans during the Tulsa Race Massacre. The eighth newspaper clipping, published June 25, 1921, is entitled "Rebuilding Riot Zone Real Task; Reconstruction Board Is Fully Aware of Hard Problems to Solve; To Treat Blacks Fair; Chamber of Commerce Will Give Heads of Clubs Right to Vote." This article reports on the large task of rebuilding the "riot zone" following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The article reports that the Reconstruction Committee has not determined if the African American section of the city will be converted into an industrial area or not. The report states that Joe Mitchell suggested that a company be organized to purchase lots from African Americans so that the owners do not suffer hardship while waiting for sales proceeds. The ninth newspaper clipping, published June 25, 1921, is entitled "Barometer of Public Opinion." It contains a letter to the editor of the Tulsa Daily World from E. B. Butler of Tulsa, OK. Butler presents his opinions on a wide variety of city and county news. He criticizes the Reconstruction Committee for meeting with African American physician R. T. Bridgewater, stating that Bridgewater refused to treat patients of his own race during the recent "race riot" unless the patients could pay him. Butler criticizes the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) for building a hostess house in the African American community to entertain young African women looking for work. Butter states that during a recent search he could not find a willing African American to employ. Butler criticizes the American Red Cross for its appeal for $75,000 in relief funds. He also criticizes the Tulsa Ministerial Alliance and the Tulsa Police Department. The tenth newspaper clipping, published June 27, 1921, is entitled "Wash Tubs Given To Negro Women; Problem of Having the Family Washing Done Is Made Easier; Houses Are Going Up; Red Cross Director Appeals to Tulsans to Donate Funds for Relief." This article reports upon a delivery of household wares on June 26, 1921, to African American women living in the "tent city" of refugees near the Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, OK. The American Red Cross delivered a truckload of "tubs, boilers, teakettles, coffee pots, and stewpans." The article also reports upon the construction of many temporary houses or "tent houses" for the refugees consisting of wooden floors and canvas walls and roofs. In two days, African American men built approximately fifty such houses from donated materials. The article also contains quotes from American Red Cross Director of Relief Maurice Willows concerning the need to continued donations for relief efforts. Willows also mentions the establishment of a hospital at the Booker T. Washington High School for African Americans containing room for the care of forty-five patients. The article states that Tulsa is the first Red Cross relief project in which Maurice Willows has stayed in one place longer than a week or ten days. The report mentions that he will stay in Tulsa until "permanent relief policies are set under way." The eleventh newspaper clipping, published June 27, 1921, is entitled "Appointment Valid; Naming of Blaine Police Chief Is in Accordance With Provision of Tulsa City Charter." This article validates the appointment of Tulsa Police Captain George Blaine as the new chief of police following the suspension of former chief John A. Gustafson. The article reports that the charter of the City of Tulsa gives the city commissioners and police commissioner the authority to appoint a replacement police chief. |
Search Terms |
American Red Cross arrests Blacks Booker T. Washington High School depots equal rights movements fires floods grand juries Greenwood District hospitals Inter-Racial Committee of Tulsa County looters & looting Maurice Willows Hospital racism Reconstruction Committee relief efforts temporary housing tents Tulsa Civic League Tulsa Police Chiefs Tulsa Police Department Tulsa Race Massacre |
People |
Adkison, James M. Biddison, Valjean Blaine, George H. Borden, O. V. Butler, E. B. Davis, Will Deaver, C. L. Duncan, Frank Eakes, Mather M. Fieser, James L. Fitzgerald, Mose Freeling, S. P. Godfrey, W. H. Gustafson, John A. Huff, J. I. Humphrey, W. D. Hupp, J. I. Lefko, Louis Lewis, S. R. "Buck" Lindsey, Lilah Denton Mitchell, Joe Niles, Alva Joseph Tutoe, E. P. Weaver, W. S. Willows, Maurice |