Wess Young, 2007; undated
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Turner, Reginald
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content: Guide to 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Oral History Collection
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.A2014.240, Series 7
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content: Wess Young was born February 20, 1917 in Madill, Oklahoma. At the time of the massacre, Young and his family lived in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Young was captured by the National Guard and unlawfully detained at the Booker T. Washington High School. The family's home was destroyed, and they were forced to live in camps on the fairgrounds for months. He was drafted and served in the army during World War II. Young returned to Tulsa to work as a bellhop, cook, and later a machinist. He served as a plaintiff in the court case, Alexander, et al., v. Oklahoma, et al. in 2003. Young died September 30, 2014 in Dallas, Texas.