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Catalog Number |
2012.050.256 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/07/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Eighteen newspaper clippings from the Tulsa Daily World published June 7, June 8, and June 9, 1921 and attached to an album page. The first clipping, published June 7, is 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. The second clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Agencies Co-Operate." It consists of a fragment and does not contain the entire article. It reports upon the creation of an employment bureau set up through the cooperation of the American Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., and the federal state employment agency. The bureau will secure work for African American refugees following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The third clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Burned District In Fire Limits." This article reports that on June 7, 1921, Tulsa Mayor Thaddeus Daniel Evans and the Tulsa City Council voted to extend to the fire protection limits of Tulsa, OK to include the African American district burned the week prior in the Tulsa Race Massacre. The ordinance required that only "fire-resisting buildings" are to be constructed in the limits. The council passed the ordinance at the recommendation of the Tulsa Real Estate Exchange and other organizations. The reports also states that the Exchange recommends the destroyed African American section be converted into an industrial area. The article also gives the specific boundaries of the extended fire limits. The fourth clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Raid 'Choc' Joints." reports upon the confiscation of choc beer by law enforcement. The article reports that on Tuesday, June 7, a raid conducted by several members of the American Legion found five barrels of choc beer at Hickory Coal Mines, four miles southeast of Tulsa. John Doyle, J.M. Yancy, and Floyd Robinson were arrested on possession. Another fourteen gallons were found in the servants' quarters at 1124 South Boulder Avenue. Mary Thomas was arrested on possession. Another six gallons was confiscated in the African American section of town on East Washington Street. The owner of the property was not found. The fifth newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is a fragment of an editorial column entitled "Peace Officers." The writer states that the events of the Tulsa Race Massacre made it clear that expenses should not prevent the employment of adequate peace officers within Tulsa, OK. He states, "Only by adequate preparedness can such a surprise be guarded against in the future." The sixth newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is an article entitled "Claims for Damages Filed Against City." The article reports that African American doctor Charles B. Wickham became the first person to file claims for damages against the City of Tulsa for losses he sustained in the "riots" of May 31 and June 1. Wickham filed his claim on Tuesday, June 7. His claim totaled $7,350, including both his home and office located at 544 North Elgin Avenue. , The seventh newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is an article entitled "Legion Forming Reserve Forces." This article reports that 200 ex-servicemen drawn from the American Legion will be formed into a reserve unit and stand ready at all times to serve in Tulsa and Tulsa County in case of emergency. The eighth newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is an article entitled "Blacks Given Cards." This article reports that more than 5,000 green identification cards were issued by the authority of Police Commissioner James M. Adkison to African Americans whose employers vouched for them. The cards entitled the holder to use the city streets during the daytime. The article states that any African American on the city streets not holding a card would be arrested. The green card mandate went into effect June 8, 1921 and continued until July 7, 1921. , The ninth newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Blacks Must Be Self Sustaining." This article contains the request from the American Red Cross for employers to pay African Americans their wages each day in cash, thus helping to limit the number of African Americans needing daily assistance from the Red Cross. The report states that African American men are working near the Red Cross headquarters and African American women are working at the internment camps. The tenth newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Probe Causes of Race Riot Today." This article reports that a grand jury panel to investigate the Tulsa "Race Riot." will convene Wednesday, June 8. The article also gives specific instructions concerning the grand jury. The eleventh newspaper clipping, published June 8, 1921, is entitled "Get Emergency Fund," It reports that the Tulsa County Excise Board approved $37,000 in funds to be turned over to the Tulsa mayor and city commissioners. The funds will pay for cleanup in the burned African American community and pay for salaries of special officers during the city emergency. The twelfth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is 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." The thirteenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is entitled "Lose Savings of Lifetime in Fire." The article reports that many African Americans stored cash money in their homes prior to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The devastating fires burned many homes along with all contents. Banks refused to refund the burned cash. The article also reports that a "great many" African Americans had savings accounts at banks. The fourteenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is entitled "Legionaries Assist Police." The article reports that 136 members of the Joe Carson Post of the American Legion are assisting police with guard duty following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Their duties include serving on raiding squads, guard duty at the African American detention camp at the fairgournds, and guard duty in the burned African American section of the city. The fifteenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is entitled "Negro School is Center of Relief." This article reports that the school board of the Booker T. Washington High School in the African American community in Tulsa, OK, gave permission for the American Red Cross to use the school facility during the summer months of 1921 as a headquarters for the relief efforts following the Tulsa Race Massacre. The report states that the previous hospital for African Americans, set up by the Red Cross at 510 North Main Street, will be discontinued and moved to the Booker T. Washington High School facility. The new hospital will consist of the four units at the north end of the school campus. The facility will consist of medical and dental clinics, the hospital, and a dispensary. The article states that African American doctors will take over the work from the Red Cross and will charge for their services when patients are able to pay. The sixteenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is entitled "Negro Publish New Daily Paper." The article reports upon the publication of a free daily "miniature edition" of the African American newspaper Oklahoma Sun in Tulsa, OK following the Tulsa Race Massacre. The article quotes the Oklahoma Sun and states, "'In the midst of our dilemma, loan sharks and conniving persons will suggest that you sell out and leave. They will tell you that fate is against you if you remain in Tulsa. Such persons should be spurned for they are not your friends.'" The seventeenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, is entitled "Red Bird Sends Peace Message." This article reports that the citizens of the small African American community of Red Bird in Wagoner County, OK, deny a rumor that the citizens are organizing to attack the Caucasian sections of Tulsa, OK. The article contains the names of representatives of Red Bird who deny any such plans. The eighteenth newspaper clipping, published June 9, 1921, contains two articles. The first is entitled "May Finance Building of Homes for Negroes." This article reports upon discussion among the members of the Public Welfare Board concerning the formation of a home building company for the purpose of financing homes for African Americans. The need for homes resulted from the devastating fires of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The second article reports upon a planned meeting of the Public Welfare Board on June 9, 1921. |
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alcohol American Legion American Red Cross arrests Blacks Booker T. Washington High School detention fire limits fires grand juries Greenwood District guards hospitals houses identification badges & cards Joe Carson Post No. 1 law enforcement lawsuits letters Maurice Willows Hospital North Elgin Avenue Oklahoma Sun - newspaper prohibition Public Welfare Board Racism raids Red Bird, OK relief efforts Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa Real Estate Exchange Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) |
People |
Adkison, James M. Barber, E. D. Barrett, Charles F. Biddison, Valjean Bradley, J. B. Doyle, John Edwards, N. J. Evans, Thaddeus Daniel Fellows, D. A. Fells, H. B. Freeling, S. P. Galbraith, G. F. Goldsberry, John Gray, H. J. Harris, Turner Ingraham, B. F. Maples, W. M. Murray, L. C. Robinson, Floyd Seaver, W. F. Sharp, E. E. Stradford, John the Baptist "J. B." Sutton, C. A. Thomas, Mary Welch, J. H. Wickham, Charles B. Willows, Maurice Yancy, J. M. |