Photograph of the body of a man killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre
date: label: Date
content: 1921
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
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. This unidentified individual was just one of the many victims. The Oklahoma Bureau of Vital Statistics recorded the official death toll as 36, but it is now believed it may have been as high as 300 dead with many more missing and wounded.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the body of an unidentified man, the victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The man is lying on his back, his eyes closed and his left arm splayed out at his side. The photograph is bent at the bottom right and left corners, and it is fused to cardstock along with photograph 2019.95.1.
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: 2019.95.2
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): 3 × 4 1/8 in. (7.6 × 10.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Board): 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm)