Chared Negro Killed in Tulsa Riot 6-1-1921

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the body of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The close up image shows the charred remains of a person lying on the ground amid debris. Across the bottom of the image, written into the negative and appearing as white text is [CHARED NEGRO / KILLED IN TULSA RIOT 6-1-1921]. The verso is marked [POST CARD] at the top with spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS] and an AZO stamp box in the top right corner.

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