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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.153 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/07/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the Tulsa Daily World June 7, 1921, and entitled "Bring Stratford [sic] Back For Trial; Information Against Him and Three Others Has Been Filed; Gathering Evidence; Charge of Inciting Riot to Be Place Against the Negro Agitators." This article reports that John Goldsberry, the assistant county attorney for Tulsa County, OK, filed indictments against three African Americans for their alleged involvement in inciting a riot in Tulsa, OK on May 31, 1921, an event now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The article reports that one of the men is John the Baptist "J. B." Stratford [sic, Stradford], the owner of the Stradford Hotel. At the time of the report he was under arrest in Independence, KS. Concerning the charges, the article states, "The information against Stratford [sic] and the other blacks charges that they and many other unknown persons armed themselves, drove into the white district in cars and trucks and by their actions and the discharging of firearms incited the white population to a white heat and directly caused the loss of life and property destruction which followed." The article also discusses the possibility of a grand jury to investigate. |
Search Terms |
arrests Tulsa Race Massacre Blacks grand juries |
People |
Biddison, Valjean Freeling, S. P. Goldsberry, John Gray, H. J. Seaver, W. F. Stradford, John the Baptist "J. B." |