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CAPTURED NEGROS ON WAY TO CONVENTION HALL - DURING TULSA RACE RIOT JUNE 1ST 1921

June 1, 1921

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white photograph of men walking down the middle of a street with hands raised in surrender during the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. In the background, a crowd of people line the street in front of a building. Written into the negative of the photograph is [CAPTURED NEGROS ON WAY TO / CONVENTION HALL-DURING TULSA RACE RIOT / JUNE 1ST 1921.]. Photograph is fused to cardstock along with photographs 2019.95.4, 2019.95.5, and 2019.95.6.

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Catalog reference: 2019.95.3

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