The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims

Written by

B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960

Date

August 22, 1931

Medium

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions

H x W: 14 × 9 in. (35.6 × 22.9 cm)

Description

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 The unpublished manuscript consists of ten pages written in black type on yellowed paper.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 ten years after the Tulsa Riots on August 22, 1931 and recounts the events of the Tulsa Riot as witnessed by the author. The pages contain an account of Franklin witnessing three men being killed by the mob. The manuscript is signed by B.C. Franklin on the last page.

Place depicted

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

Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Type

manuscripts

Topic

American South

American West

Race relations

Race riots

U.S. History, 1919-1933

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin

Object number

2015.176.1

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

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