Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1921
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W (Image and sheet): 3 × 4 1/8 in. (7.6 × 10.5 cm)
H x W (Board): 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm)
Caption
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.
Description
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 depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Communities
Race relations
Race riots
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 1919-1933
Violence
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra P. Johnson Smith
Object number
2019.95.2
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56df4b52f-f1ff-4c31-8a30-b333bb80e4c5

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