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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2012.050.255 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/03/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the front page of the Tulsa Daily World published June 3, 1921 containing nine articles concerning the event now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The first article is entitled "Local Red Cross Is Reorganized; Ready for Tremendous Task of Uniting Families of Riot Victims." This article provides details concerning the reorganization of the Tulsa County Chapter of the American Red Cross to meet the relief needs of approximately 8,000 homeless African Americans following the Tulsa Race Massacre. The general headquarters of the organization is located at 4th Street and South Cincinnati Avenue, with Clark Field as general director and Newton Robert Graham in charge of the detention camps. The report also states that Robert H. Woods will be in charge of the bureau of identification to aid individuals with finding their family members. Mrs. W. D. Godfrey is named as head of the Red Cross nursing department. The article also provides information on the establishment of a relief depot at the site of the Booker T. Washington High School. The report lists Dr. Paul Brown in charge of the Red Cross hospital for African Americans, located in the old Cinnabar hospital on North Main Street. The article includes specifics of several other Red Cross staff members and services. The back of the newspaper clipping contains a second article entitled "Riot Death Toll Reduced to 30 By Re-Checking." The article states that Adjutant General Charles Barrett disclosed that as of yet, there are thirty dead individuals (ten Caucasians and twenty African Americans) reported from the violence in Tulsa. The report stated that the final list of dead is not thought to exceed forty. The article includes information on the deaths and burials of specific African Americans, including eight who were buried in the potter's field of Oaklawn Cemetery. It also lists the dead at Mowbrary Parlors (Mowbray Funeral Home) and Mitchell-Fleming Morgue. The second article is entitled "Chicago Tribune Gives $1,000 to Tulsa Sufferers." The article reports that the Chicago Tribune newspaper will donate $1,000 to help the relief of the Tulsa's homeless following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The third article is entitled "World's Relief Fund at $4,447." The article reports upon the growing relief fund collected by the Tulsa Daily World newspaper in response to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The article provides a complete list to date of the donors to the relief fund. The fourth article is entitled "Negro Deputy Sheriff Blames Black Dope-Head for Inciting His Race into Rioting Here." This article gives the first-hand account of African American Barney Cleaver, a deputy sheriff and police officer, concerning the events of May 31 and June 1, 1921. Cleaver blamed African American Will Robinson, a "dope peddler and all around bad negro, as the leader of the armed blacks" that incited the Tulsa Race Massacre. He estimated the number of armed blacks to be about seventy-five. Cleaver lost his home and all his belongings in the fire in Greenwood. The fifth article is entitled "To Appraise All Loss By Negroes; Property Owners Asked to Fill Out Blanks Which Will Be Distributed." The article states that the Tulsa Real Estate Exchange will appraise of all property destroyed in the "race riot fires," an event known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The article states that a headquarters for the exchange will be established at the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Brady Street. The report instructs property owners to bill out questionnaire blanks furnished to them. The request applies to both landlords and tenants, African Americans and Caucasians. To view the property appraisal form published in the newspaper, see clipping 1984.002.094. The sixth article is entitled "Nothing to Say." It reports upon the return of Oklahoma Governor Robertson to Oklahoma City on June 2, 1921 from a visit to Tulsa. When asked for an interview the governor stated, "What more could there be to say at this time?" The seventh article is entitled "Officials Under Fire At Meeting." The article reports on a meeting of Tulsa citizens held Thursday morning, June 2, 1921, to establish relief measures for the destitute African Americans following the event now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The meeting was led by L. J. Martin who stated that the county and city authorities "fell down completely" in their duties during the emergency. The article also reports that those at the meeting blamed the press's yellow journalism as partially responsible for the violence in Tulsa. Adjutant General Charles Barrett stated, "'An insolent negro, a hysterical girl, and a yellow journal reporter caused the race rioting." The eighth article is entitled "Riot Death Toll Reduced to 30 by Re-Checking." The article states that Adjutant General Charles Barrett disclosed that as of yet, there are thirty dead individuals (ten Caucasians and twenty African Americans) reported from the violence in Tulsa. The report stated that the final list of dead is not thought to exceed forty. The article includes information on the deaths and burials of specific African Americans, including eight who were buried in the potter's field of Oaklawn Cemetery. It also lists the dead at Mowbrary Parlors (Mowbray Funeral Home) and Mitchell-Fleming Morgue. The ninth article is entitled "Rule By Guards Is Made Easier." The article reports on more lenient martial law orders for the night of Thursday, June 2 than for the previous night. The article also reports that Colonel Ewell L. Head will be in charge of the troops in Tulsa with headquarters at City Hall. |
Search Terms |
American Red Cross Blacks Booker T. Washington High School Chicago Tribune-newspaper Cinnabar Hospital detention fires Greenwood District internment Mitchell-Fleming Morgue Mowbray Undertaking Company Oaklawn Cemetery relief efforts Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa Real Estate Exchange Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) |
People |
Adams, Ed Austin, E. E. Baker, F. M. Barker, Harry Barrett, Charles F. Beam, Jennie K. Bell, George Brown, Paul Cline, Homer Connelley, E. L. Daggs, Walter Doering, A. C. Everett, Edward Field, Clark Godfrey, W. D. Graham, Newton Robert Hankson, Robert Heinzman, H. L. Howard, Ed Hull, James Arthur Jackson, Andrew Cheesten James, Arthur Jeffery, George Lewis, George Lindsey, Lilah Denton Lotspeich, Carl D. Martin, Loyal J. Muller, Joe Murray, L. C. Ree, Sam Richardson, Bessie Rogers, C. B. Roth, A. W. Shumate, Cleo Turner, William Walker, Curly Walker, Henry Walker, W. L. Wheeler, John Winthrow, S. J. Woods, Robert H. |