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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.171 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/09/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the editorial page of the Tulsa Daily World published June 9, 1921, and entitled "Barometer of Public Opinion." The article contains three letters to the editor written in response to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The first, from W. M. Maples of Keifer, OK, praises the editor for his article entitled "Tulsa's Disgrace." The second letter from J. H. Welch of Tulsa, OK, criticizes the editor for his one-sided article entitled "Bad Niggers." Welch states that the editor should have mentioned the "white riff-raff that tried to start the lynching" and the ineffectiveness of Tulsa law enforcement. The third letter, from B. F. Ingraham of Tulsa, OK, states that the law enforcement of Tulsa should not be criticized for its response to the violence. Ingraham states, "I have lived in big, proud, matchless Tulsa for 15 years and never suspected a race riot." |
Search Terms |
Tulsa Race Massacre Blacks letters law enforcement Racism |
People |
Maples, W. M. Welch, J. H. Ingraham, B. F. |