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Catalog Number |
2012.050.265 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
06/04/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Four newspaper clippings from the Tulsa Daily World published June 6, 1921 and attached to an album page. The first clipping contains eight different newspaper articles. The first clipping is entitled "Warning Against Further Trouble; Minister Tells Civic Club Tulsa Still Lacks the Proper Protection." This article reports on the comments made by Reverend Harold G. Cooke of the Centenary Methodist Church at a meeting of the directors of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce June 3, 1921. Cooke warns that the city of Tulsa is not properly protected by law enforcement following the Tulsa Race Massacre. He states, Negroes held in the detention camps have been turned loose indiscriminately. . . . Without proper police protection, with the negroes resentful over the loss of their property, there is an increasingly apprehensive feeling that something else is going to happen." Loyal J. Martin, stated that everyone should refrain from criticism of law enforcement until a grand jury can investigate. Martin disputes Cooke's claim that only African Americans are to blame for the disaster. Martin states, "The blame for this thing falls equally on both races." The article also contains quotes from Tulsa Mayor Thaddeus Daniel Evans, the president of the Chamber of Commerce Alva J. Niles, and Tulsa Police Commissioner James M. Adkison. The second article on the first clipping is entitled "Must Work or Go To Jail Is Edict of Mayor Evans." The article reports that Tulsa Mayor Thaddeus Daniel Evans issued an order on June 3, 1921, following the Tulsa Race Massacre, that requires all men within the devastated area to go to work or face arrest. The article also states that compensated employment will be furnished upon application at the Booker T. Washington High School. The third article on the first clipping is entitled "Negro Wears Wife's Clothes And Escapes From White Mob; Mingles With Negro Women at Church After Rescue and Is Not Found by Wife and Friends Until Three Searches Are Made of the Temporary Relief Quarters." The article describes the search for an African American man following the Tulsa Race Massacre. The search was conducted by W. M. Baker, the vice-president of the First National Bank of Tulsa. After three searches of the relief station in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church, Baker found the man dressed in women's clothing. When the African American man had fled during the violence, he dressed in the first things he could find - his wife's kimono, a skirt, and her hat. The fourth article on the first clipping is entitled "Reorganize For Work Of Relief." This article reports on the reorganization of the American Red Cross relief efforts following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The article states that Maurice Willows of Saint Louis, MO arrived in Tulsa, OK on Friday morning, June 3, 1921 to take over supervision of the Red Cross relief efforts. Willows centralized relief efforts by creating a Red Cross headquarters in the building of the Booker T. Washington High School. Only receiving stations for bedding and clothing remain downtown at the First Baptist Church and Y.M.C.A. The article also reports plans for the Red Cross to vaccinate African Americans interned at the old fairgrounds camp. The article also reports upon the establishment of a hospital and purchasing department. The fifth article on the first clipping is entitled "Luxury Prospect Lured Okmulgee Negroes Away." The article reports upon a statement by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that several African Americans left Okmulgee, OK to colonize a new state in Africa. The report states the individuals left because they were promised "lives of luxury and ease" in Africa by a charlatan who had never been in Africa. This article disputes an earlier report by stating the African Americans did not leave Okmulgee due to threats they had received. Estelle Harris.is listed as one of the "colonists." The sixth article on the first clipping is entitled "Orders Federal Quiz Into Riot; Attorney General Daugherty to Find Out If U.S. Laws Violated." This article reports that U.S. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty ordered an inquiry in to the event now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre to make certain no federal laws were violated. The report also states that the matter was brought before President Warren Harding, but that the president did not consider an investigation. An additional wire from the Associated Press states that Oklahoma Governor James Robertson also directed Oklahoma Attorney General S. P. Freeling to complete an investigation. The seventh article on the first clipping is entitled "Militia's Reign Brought To End; But Ex-Soldiers Will Be on Duty Probably for 30 Days Longer." This article reports that Tulsa Police Chief John Gustafson requested an additional fifty American Legion members to volunteer for special guard duty in Tulsa following the end of martial law imposed after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The report also states that Police Commissioner J. M. Adkison has charge of the officers guarding the African American section of the city. He ordered that no person is allowed to visit the devastated area without authority from officials. The article states that Street Commissioner O. A. Steiner supervises a large force of workmen responsible for working on the streets of the burned area. They also have the task of collapsing the brick walls of burned buildings on North Greenwood Avenue. The article also explains that Adjutant General Charles Barrett issued an order for the Tulsa County Register of Deeds to refuse to register any document for property in the devastated area. Barrett's order was to protect African Americans who might be persuaded to sell their real estate to unscrupulous buyers at a time of crisis. The eighth article on the first clipping is entitled "World's Fund." 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 first article on the second newspaper clipping is an editorial entitled "Gubernatorial Politics." The editor discusses the upcoming race for the Oklahoma governor's office in 1922. He lists two names, a Democrat and a Republican, listed as possible candidates. The second article on the second clipping is an editorial entitled "Sign Your Name." The article states the new policy of the Tulsa Daily World that all future submissions to the paper concerning the Tulsa Race Massacre must be signed by the writer. The third article on the second clipping is an editorial entitled "Pork And Beans." This editorial speaks against individuals who try to profit monetarily from the relief efforts for African Americans following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This article also contains a small paragraph containing three sentences stating, "Most people did not realize what martial law meant. Now they know. Which adds to the bitter humiliation of it." The article refers to the days immediately following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre when Oklahoma Governor Robertson invoked martial law in Tulsa, OK. The fourth article on the second clipping is entitled "Oklahoma Outbursts" by Otis Lorton. The article contains nine sarcastic statements on various topics, one of which is the Tulsa Race Massacre. The first sentence states, "There are some men who enjoy a race riot just because it gives them a license to carry a gun." The fifth article on the second clipping is entitled "Barometer of Public Opinion." The article contains four letters to the editor of the Tulsa Daily World newspaper. One writer, D. W. Moffit, suggests that the City of Tulsa should rebuild the African American community and sell the houses at cost to the victims, with repayment being made in installments with no interest charged. Two other writers state that they agree with the newspaper's editorial "The Disgrace of Tulsa," published Wednesday, June 1, 1921. A fourth writer also agrees that the City of Tulsa should "do what it can to replace the homes of the citizens now made destitute." The third newspaper clipping is entitled "New Armed Force of Deputy Sheriffs Is Gathered by Hurley." This article reports the formation of a force of special deputy sheriffs under the command of Major Patrick Jay Hurley. The force shall be ready to function at a moment's notice in case of emergency. The article mentions Horace Barnard as Hurley's first assistant. The first article on the fourth newspaper clipping is an editorial entitled "Bad Niggers!" This editorial places the blame for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre upon a certain group of African Americans that armed themselves and invaded the business center of the city. The writer states, "If possible harmony between the races is to be restored in Tulsa these 'bad niggers' must be controlled by their own kind." The writer beseeches the African American community to band together against the bad element that brought on the violence in Tulsa. The second article on the fourth newspaper clipping is an editorial entitled "Which Is It To Be?" The editorial reminds African Americans in Tulsa, OK to be respectful and avoid "boastful intriguers who prate to you of race equality." The writer states that racial equality is an unattainable goal. He states that both Caucasians and African Americans should "busy themselves with honorable employment and doing good." |
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People |
Ackermann, Emily Ackermann, Florence Adkison, James M. Allen, Rhoda Baker, W. M. Barnard, Horace G. Barrett, Charles F. Borden, O. V. Brigham, George F. Cleaver, Barney S. Cloninger, J. L. Cooke, Harold G. Crotchett, C. D. Daugherty, Harry M. Edelmann, Mary Evans, Thaddeus Daniel Freeling, S. P. Gibson, N. A. Gustafson, John A. Hammett, A. Miller Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harris, Estelle Hurley, Patrick J. Joshua, C. W. Kubatzky, O. Kyser, J. W. Lorton, Otis Love, Bert McGuire, T. W. Miller, James Moffit, D. W. Nichols, Florence Lee Niles, Alva Joseph Overton, C. H. Roberts, Muade D. Robertson, Frances Robertson, James Brooks Ayers Schwabe, George B. Steiner, O. A. Stepp, C. W. Stewart, W. J. Toomey, C. C. Vadney, C. H. Viner, A. S. Willows, Maurice |