Photograph of detained African American men during the Tulsa Race Massacre
date: label: Date
content: 1921
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street," in the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history. Amidst the violence, both white rioters and the Oklahoma National Guard rounded up black residents of Greenwood and forced them to detention centers. More than 6,000 African Americans were interned at the Convention Hall, the Tulsa County Fairgrounds, and the baseball stadium McNulty Park. Some were held for as long as eight days.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of African American men standing in a loose line, with hands raised in surrender, along what appears to be a residential street. Several white men are visible standing between the line and the camera, many with hands on their hips. The photograph has loss at the top left corner and is fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.3, 2019.95.4, and 2019.95.5.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
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: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra P. Johnson Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.95.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and sheet): 2 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (6.7 × 11.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Board): 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm)