<I>The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 22, 1931
name: label: Written by
content: B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A manuscript titled “The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims” by B.C. Franklin. The unpublished manuscript consists of ten pages written in black type on yellowed paper. It was written on August 22, 1931, ten years after the Tulsa Race Massacre and recounts the events of the massacre as witnessed by the author, including an account of Franklin witnessing three men being killed by the mob. The manuscript is signed by B.C. Franklin on the last page.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.176.1
objectType: label: Type
content: manuscripts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 9 in. (35.6 × 22.9 cm)