Get the full version of this audiobook: https://audiobookscloud.com/B0851DWL7GTulsa 1921: Reporting a MassacreIn 1921, Tulsa's Greenwood District - known the. Among the counted dead was Dr. A. C. Jackson, a noted surgeon endorsed by the Mayo Clinic (the clinic acknowledged his prominence). Greenwood functioned independently, with its own school system, post office, bank, library, hospital and public transit. Death in a promised land : the Tulsa race riot of 1921 by Scott Ellsworth; John Hope Franklin (Foreword by) Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection ; F704.T92 E44 ISBN: 9780807108789 Publication Date: 1982-02-01 Tulsa 1921 : reporting a massacre by Randy Krehbiel; Karlos K. Hill (Foreword by) Call Number: View Online ISBN: 0806163313 The white mob blocked firefighters while 1,256 homes were destroyed and another 400 were looted. In 1921, one of the most devastating race massacres in American history occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An unflinching account of America's most horrific racial massacre, The Burning is essential reading as America finally comes to terms with its racial past. Named for historian and civil rights advocate John Hope Franklin, whose father survived the massacre, the park features the Tower of Reconciliation, a 25-foot- (7.5-metre-) tall sculpture that commemorates African American struggle. Late in the battle as gunfire was sporadic, Jackson walked back to his home, after attending to victims, with his hands up. Tulsa law enforcement deputized and armed certain members of the mob. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Copyright 2021 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Johnson said there are two main casualties of the massacre that contribute to these discrepancies and affect everyday life a breach in trust between Black and white communities and the inability to transfer accumulated wealth. The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission was formed to investigate in 1997 and officially released a report in 2001. Alternate titles: Tulsa race riot of 1921. Smithermans, W.E.B. In this book, Krehbiel describes the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and discusses the antecedents and consequences of the tragic event that left somewhere around ~300 African Americans dead (estimates unknown and widely varying) and destroyed Tulsa's prosperous "Black Wall Street" in the neighborhood of Greenwood. The legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and Tulsa's path forward. And one of the ways to harmonize that dissonance is to bring the Black folks down a peg through violence.. . OHS-202 - Documentation, Database, and Correspondence. "Truth. Viewers wondered if the events depicted were more fiction than science. . It's been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, a two-day attack on Black Americans in the thriving business district of Greenwood. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. In 1921 Tulsa's Greenwood District, known then as the nation's "Black Wall Street," was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States. Tape (1999.069.02) - interviews with Ernestine Gibbs, Ruby McCormick, Wes Young, Otis Clark, and Joe Burns They were left to rebuild on their own. It is totally true. The law firm of Spears, Franklin & Chappelle provided legal assistance to victims. Publication. The courts in Oklahoma wouldn't hear us. A woman walks past a "Black Wall Street" mural during Juneteenth celebrations in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, the site of the 1921 race massacre, on June 19, 2020. . This riot is covered extensively in Elliot M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, July 2, 1917 (Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1966), and mentioned in the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (New York: Bantam Books, 1968), 217-18, hereafter referred to as Report on Civil Disorders, and in Alex L. Swan, "The Politics of Identification, a Perspective of . These materials include historical accounts, text, and photographs, which may include offensive language, negative stereotypes, and descriptions of traumatic events. Some have waited decades to find out where the mass graves . Other historical acts of racist terrormob attacks on Black communities in Detroit, Cincinnati, Dayton, and New Yorkoccurred prior to the Civil War. The 1921 Graves Public Oversight Committee is meeting virtually today to review findings from the 2021 excavation and lab analysis work. According to Tim Madigans. In July of 2020, the Greenwood Community Development Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received an NEH grant to reopen and prepare its historic site for visitors to return. Even afterward, few Black families had a chance to organize a funeral or mourn their dead. 34 square blocks of Tulsa's . When he heard of the Glenn Pool oil strike, Gurley saw opportunity and moved to Tulsa in 1906. Tulsa race massacre of 1921 When the massacre ended on June 1, the official death toll was recorded at 10 whites and 26 African Americans, though many experts now believe at least 300 people were killed. But 100 years ago, on May 31, 1921, and into the next day, a white mob destroyed that district, in what experts call the single-most horrific incident of racial terrorism since slavery. Originally dubbed the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, this man-made calamity might also be given several other descriptors: white riot, assault, disaster, massacre (the mostly commonly used term today), pogrom, a holocaust, ethnic cleansing, or genocide. He told his family that he had tripped over the elevator threshold and accidentally grabbed a white girl and she had screamed. In many ways, it is poetic irony that science fiction has forced America to confront its very real history. Some filed insurance claims or lawsuits, but none resulted in payment due to riot clauses, the report said. 1,090 pages. The city's "Black Wall Street" was among the most prosperous neighborhoods in America, and a Black utopia and then it was burned to the ground. Post-Civil War massacres in New Orleans, Memphis, Wilmington, Charleston, the Atlanta, Georgia, massacre (1906), the Elaine, Arkansas, massacre (1919), and the Rosewood, Florida, massacre (1923) have been buried deep in the record, ignored in mainstream history books, and lost to national memory. O. This thriving business district and surrounding residential area was referred to as "Black Wall Street.". By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to, https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhist.40.3.0130, These People Have Always Been a Republic: Indigenous Electorates in the U.S.Mexico Borderlands, 15981912, Troublemakers: Students Rights and Racial Justice in the Long 1960s. "I could see planes circling in. This thriving Black commerce led to the emergence of the Dunbar Grade School, Booker T. Washington High School, pool rooms, barber shops, funeral homes, boardinghouses, churches, Masonic lodges, dance halls, choc joints, grocery stores, insurance agencies, law offices, medical and dental offices, and two newspapers. The only African American in the legislature, Currin authored Oklahomas first civil rights bill, which lost ratification by one vote as the territorial government proceeded to disenfranchise Blacks and pass its first Jim Crow laws. The exhibition will feature 33 Oklahoma-based artists. Smitherman and his brother John, a deputy sheriff. TULSA 1921: Reporting A Massacre Monday, September 30th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm Tulsa World reporter Randy Krehbiel in conversation with Nehemiah D. Frank, Founder and Editor of The Black Wall Street Times. Many Black Tulsans simply disappeared. Shortly after the massacre there was a brief official inquiry, but documents related to the massacre disappeared soon afterward. Earkysee Sutton (H1982.029) The truth. A Conversation with Hannibal B. Johnson: The Tulsa Race In the early hours of June 1, 1921, then-Gov. Sources: The Tulsa World has published many articles that were examined for the writing of this piece; Tulsa History Museum digital exhibit 1921 Tulsa Race MassacreTulsa Historical Society & Museum; A Long-Lost Manuscript Contains a Searing Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 May 27, 2016, Smithsonian magazine; Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Scott Ellsworth; From Slaves to Soldiers and Beyond by Tina Cahalan Jones; Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre by Randy Krehbiel and Karlos K. Hill; Fire on Mount Zion: My Life and History As a Black Woman in America by M. B. It included the willful destruction of what at the time was one of the most successful Black communities in America. Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre Randy Krehbiel, Karlos K. Hill (Foreword) 3.83 298 ratings53 reviews In 1921 Tulsa's Greenwood District, known then as the nation's "Black Wall Street," was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States. He is the author of Tulsas Daily World: The Story of a Newspaper and Its Town. It all started on Monday morning, May 30, 1921, when a nineteen-year-old African-American shoeshine named Dick Rowland was working at a stand in front of the Drexel Building in downtown Tulsa. Now that Tulsa has scratched its way into popular culture, it stands as a symbol of Black tragedy and also of resurrection and resilience. Publisher's Summary. It boasted of several restaurants, theaters, clothing shops and hotels. $29.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper). Tape 1 (1999.069.01) - introduction by Eddie Faye Gates, and interviews with George Monroe, Lola Streeter-Jackson, Veneice Dunn-Simms, Kenny Booker, Edward Lett, and Ernestine Gibbs The Bloomberg Philanthropies gave Tulsa $1 million for an expansive public art project called the Greenwood Art Project. During the riot, a mob of white people burned the black middle-class neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and murdered many of its residents. Believed to be the single worst incident of racial violence in American history, the bloody 1921 outbreak in Tulsa has continued to haunt Oklahomans. The final report was submitted on February 21, 2001. OHS-204 - Case Dockets #16013-19166, 1921. A Greenwood legend, Peg Leg Taylor, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was said to have shot a dozen white men from a sniper position on Standpipe Hill. Black wealth is generally one-tenth of white wealth. The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa. Legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre Roundtable Discussion (2021)Legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre was a roundtable discussion focused on how race relations developed in Oklahoma after one of the states most horrific events, the Tulsa Race Massacre. These do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The elevator operator was seventeen-year-old Sarah Page, a white girl. B. Mann, a WWI veteran and veritable giant, led a valiant fight by sniping the rioters from Mt. Dreisen Heath, a researcher at Human Rights Watch who authored the report, said law enforcements involvement in the massacre illustrates the demands of racial justice movements a century later. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. ): He was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on Christmas Day in 1868, and educated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Forty miles north, several dozen blacks spent the night in Bartlesville's city park, guarded by members of the American Legion. The siblings, Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, and some of the experts who testified called on Congress to provide reparations to the survivors and descendants of the massacre. Justice in America, Randle said, is always so slow or not possible for Black people and we are made to feel crazy just for asking for things to be made right.. Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, published in 2001 (PDF). A. Cargill. Tulsa, 1921 - Randy Krehbiel 2019-09-19 In 1921 Tulsa's Greenwood District, known then as the nation's "Black Wall Street," was one of the most . When Greenwood residents learned of the impending lynch mob, a group of mostly Black men, which included World War I veterans, armed themselves and went to the courthouse to protect Rowland. A massive share of people in Greenwood were left homeless. . OHS-201 - Commission Information and Research. Moderated by J. D. Baker, special assistant to Oklahoma City Mayor Holt, the panel included Brenda Alford, who shared her familys story of surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre; Oklahoma State University professor Dr. A portrait of lawyer Buck Colbert Franklin, taken some years before he moved to Tulsa, where he opened a practice shortly before the 1921 massacre. Part of the 2021 Oklahoma History Conference, this presentation gives an overview of the Greenwood District, the Tulsa Race Massacre, the districts recovery, and the marking of the massacres 100th anniversary. Theres really no way of knowing exactly how many people died. After an all-night battle on the Frisco Tracks, many residents of Greenwood were taken by surprise as bullets ripped through the walls of their homes in the predawn hours. In just a few years on or near Greenwood and Archer streets, exciting sights, sounds, and smells inspired the captions The Black Wall Street and a regular Monte Carlo.. Use the links below to listen on YouTube. The Bloomberg Philanthropies gave Tulsa $1 million for an expansive public art project called the Greenwood Art Project. The Black Dispatch Smithermans Tulsa Star promoted the idea of the New Negro, independent and assertive. He is author of Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambaras Practices of Liberation (2020) and Ballers of the New School: Race and Sports in America (2010). For decades after the decimation of Greenwood, a "conspiracy of silence" seemed to envelope Tulsa. Among African Americans, however, the memory had not completely faded. Before emancipation, Blacks enslaved by the Indians fared better than those enslaved by whites. It was too late. To get started investing, check out . Search for other works by this author on: Journal of American Ethnic History (2021) 40 (3): 130132. Meanwhile, the Tulsa Tribunes afternoon edition fanned the flames with the headline To Lynch Negro Tonight! as an ugly mob began to gather outside of the Tulsa Courthouse. There was no mob spirit among the whites, no talk of lynching and no arms. An estimated 300 people were killed within the districts 35 square blocks, burning to the ground more than 1,200 homes, at least 60 businesses, dozens of churches, a school, a hospital and a public library, according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch. The Tulsa massacre, the New York Times has noted, has gone from "virtually unknown to emblematic with impressive speed." Its own film critics have suggested watching all three new documentaries about the day in 1921 when the entire Black community was burned to the ground by rioting white Tulsa residents, with as many as 300 people killed. These PDFs contain thousands of pages from the Tulsa Race Riot Commission Collection. In April 2002 a private religious charity, the Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, paid a total of $28,000 to the survivors, a little more than $200 each, using funds raised from private donations. Tulsa police officers arrested Dick Rowland, a Black 19-year-old, May 31, 1921 for allegedly assaulting a white girl, the report said, but there was little evidential proof. The mob broke into downtown (white-owned) pawnshops and hardware stores to steal weapons and bullets. As city streets throbbed with protests (and what some might call uprisings) during the summer of 2020, two science fiction dramas recalled the massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which took place 100 years ago this spring. There were indictments of a few white officials, including Police Chief John Gustafson, and several Black Tulsans, among them publisher A.J. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob set fire to the district, once known as "Black Wall Street," and killed up to 300 Black residents . Those indictments were largely dismissed or not pursued, according to the Human Rights Watch report. What does this teach? Some survivors even claimed that people in airplanes dropped incendiary bombs. Overview. Oklahoma Historical Society via Gateway to History website. Smitherman had chastised Blacks for allowing the lynching of Claude Chandler the year before in Oklahoma City, and he urged the men in the room to protect Rowland and themselves. The event never received widespread attention and was long noticeably absent from the history books used to teach Oklahoma schoolchildren. Karlos K. Hill is Associate Professor of African and African American History at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory. DuBois had already warned the Black veterans of World War I, in the May 1919 issue of the, Details are difficult to gather, because many survivors of the massacre fled the city. When something is stolen from you, you go to the courts to be made whole. The Tulsa Race. We are not asking for a handout, Ellis said through tears. This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in which a mob of whites invaded and burned to ashes the thriving African American district of Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. In 2018, Mayor G.T. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma was one of the deadliest events of racist violence in American history. The panel presented perspectives representing different aspects of the states African American community. Less than a year before, in August 1920, a white drifter, Roy Belton, had been ripped from jail by a white mob and hung in public for killing the towns favorite cab driver. Several aspects of Tulsa's social structure served as causes of the Greenwood's destruction in 1921, including both demographic shifts and structural failures. Book Place Hold Add to basket Print / Email Permalink Disable Highlighting Available copies 1 of 1 copy available at Mansfield Free Public Library. Scholars used the accounts of witnesses and ground-piercing radar to locate a potential mass grave just outside Tulsas Oaklawn Cemetery, suggesting the death toll may be much higher than the original records indicate. John the Baptist Stradford bought properties and stores and completed the 54-room Stradford Hotel in 1918. Led by O. Early Oklahoma newspapers reported the Tulsa Race Massacre and its aftermath; below are just a few examples of those publications, which reflect the segregated media of the period. Tulsa had experienced rapid, dramatic change since the time white settlers first established themselves there in the 1880s. 107-year-old survivor of Tulsa Massacre Viola Fletcher calls on U.S. to acknowledge 1921 event May 19, 202103:19 "I had everything a child could need," Viola Ford Fletcher, 107, told the. Then according to several chroniclers, all hell broke loose, as the mob engaged the retreating Black men in a pitched gun battle that inched its way north toward the Frisco Railroad tracks that separated downtown from Deep Greenwood. What little we had would be stolen from us, Ellis told the committee. Rowland went inside the building to use the third-floor segregated restroom. The Black residents of Greenwood did not passively endure the onslaught. A Mississippi native who had come to Tulsa via Rochester, Parrish has disappeared from the record. The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Reconciliation Act did not include reparations. The most significant lesson it has taught me is that the love of race is the deepest feeling rooted in our being. What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed - The New York Times A century ago, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., perished at the hands of a violent white mob. . Historians tend to de-emphasize the violence waged against Black people in AmericaTulsa is one prominent example. 2156, which would prevent most of the victims from rebuilding and the insurance companies from paying for damage caused by the massacre, even as white pawnshop and hardware store owners were compensated for damages to their shops. Although they had survived one of the deadliest race massacres in U.S. history and their district was demolished, many residents returned. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Greenwood is just outside of North Tulsa, which is mostly Black, while South Tulsa is a mostly white area. Materials are presented uncensored and unaltered to reflect the historical record, and some content may be disturbing to viewers. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre May 31-June 1, 2021, marked the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. We know that there were several thousand unaccounted for, Mechelle Brown, program coordinator for the Greenwood Cultural Center, told CNN during a 2016 interview. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Members of the commission gathered accounts of survivors who were still alive, documents from individuals who witnessed the massacre but had since died, and other historical evidence. Parrish, who miraculously escaped death as she fled through a hail of gunfire with her young daughter, wrote: The Tulsa disaster has taught great lessons to all of us, has dissipated some of our false creeds, and has revealed to us verities of which we were oblivious. It occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma, beginning on May 31, 1921, and lasting for two days. Among the counted dead was Dr. A. C. Jackson, a noted surgeon endorsed by the Mayo Clinic (the clinic acknowledged his prominence). 1,061 pages. DuBois had visited Tulsa in March as the NAACP protested the gruesome lynching of Henry Lowery in Arkansas. Thabiti Lewis is professor of English and associate vice chancellor of academic affairs at Washington State University. OHS-215 - Case Dockets #23347-23416, 1921. By 1921, according to historian Scott Ellsworth, a revived Tulsa Ku Klux Klan claimed an active membership of 3,200. Please check your email address / username and password and try again. Now that Tulsa has scratched its way into popular culture, it stands as a symbol of Black tragedy and also of resurrection and resilience. Tulsa police officers were identified by eyewitnesses as setting fire to Black homes, shooting residents and stealing. Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre Kindle Edition by Randy Krehbiel (Author), Karlos K. Hill (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition 377 ratings Kindle $16.43 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Great on Kindle Great Experience. This method became custom whenever Black people were on trial as they usually faced lynchings. Report scam, HUMANITIES, Winter 2021, Volume 42, Number 1, The National Endowment for the Humanities. Black Tulsans are three times more likely to face police brutality in comparison to their white counterparts. My parents and five siblings were there. Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre by Randy Krehbiel It was the same along virtually every road leading east of Greenwood. Shortly after the massacre there was a brief official inquiry, but documents related to the massacre disappeared soon afterward. Just decades after slavery in the United States left Black Americans in an economic and societal deficit, one bright spot stood out in Tulsa, Oklahoma its Greenwood District, known as the Black Wall Street, where Black business leaders, homeowners, and civic leaders thrived. African Americans had been around Oklahoma for a long time. Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 archive, 1920-2007 (formerly the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 archive, 1920-2007). All we are asking for is for the chance to be treated like a first-class citizen, that this is the land where there is liberty and justice for all. Arsonists reportedly waited for white women to fill bags with household loot before setting homes on fire. Relief was sent in from around the country, from the Red Cross, churches, and other philanthropies, though Tulsa city officials attempted to block it. Its population stemmed largely from formerly enslaved Black people and sharecroppers who relocated to the area fleeing the racial terror they experienced in other areas. When a confrontation between an armed African American man, there to protect Rowland, and a white protester resulted in the death of the latter, the white mob was incensed, and the Tulsa massacre was thus ignited. Many of the mob members were recently returned World War I veterans trained in the use of firearms and are said to have shot African Americans on sight. It would take the usual suspectsurban renewal, the interstate highway system, and economic integrationto sap the economy and choke the vibrancy of Deep Greenwood. Follow NBCBLK on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Phone: 918-581-8385 Follow Tim Stanley Most Popular Tulsa planning meeting disrupted by crowd alleging global conspiracies, officials say Thursday's routine public meeting to discuss the city's. So trust is a real lingering issue, he said. From May 31 to June 1 in 1921, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Okla., "Black Wall Street," was torched. Please try again. You could not be signed in. The mission of this organization was to study and provide a report of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 that would also help to give reparations for the tragic losses of those from the Greenwood District. Several Black people were tied to cars and dragged through the streets. . Vernon AME Church with a plaque commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, in Tulsa, Okla., on May 21st, 2021. Through the Looking Glass Darkly, Part III (1973) (F2013.134.2.0026, WKY-TV Moving Image Collection) This collection contains newspaper articles, interviews from survivors, death certificates, court cases filed against insurance companies, along with many photographs and statistics documenting the devastation that occurred during the eighteen-hour riot between May 31 and June 1, 1921. Also in August 1920, in Oklahoma City, an eighteen-year-old Black youth, Claude Chandler, was lynched by a mob that featured the future mayor of Oklahoma City, O. About this ebook. Every year the Tulsa Equality Indicator report comes out and it reveals and outlines alarming disparities along racial lines from policing to the life expectancy. The fact that after the disaster none of them were convicted of crimes vindicates that position. Around or after 4:00 p.m. that day, a clerk at Renberg's clothing store on the first floor of the Drexel Building in Tulsa heard a woman scream. In The Black Oklahomans, Arthur B. Tolson shows that Africans, both Moors and Angolans, free and enslaved, accompanied Coronados expedition, which crossed the Oklahoma panhandle in 1541. Later that afternoon at the Black-owned Williams Dreamland Theatre, sixteen-year-old Bill Williams watched as a neighbor jumped on stage and announced: Were not going to let this happen. The population grew to 11,000 and the area became an economic powerhouse affectionately called Black Wall Street.. Details are difficult to gather, because many survivors of the massacre fled the city. But the ethos and bond that empowered residents to rebuild the community was strong. Later that night, the armed Black men returned to protect Rowland and a fight broke out when a white man tried to disarm a Black man, prompting shooting that lasted through the night, the report said. Tulsas Greenwood Cultural Center tabulates that in the span of 24 hours 35 city blocks of Black Wall Street were burned to the ground. It all began on Memorial Day, May 31, 1921. The devil courts said we were too late. W.) founded the Greenwood District. Old World War I airplanes dropped bombs on Greenwood, with the mob fatally shooting Black people and looting and burning their homes and businesses. "The massacre was actively covered up in the white community in Tulsa for nearly a . . Oklahoma Historical Society via Gateway to History. Fletcher's brother Hughes Van Ellis, 100, and a World War II veteran, said his childhood was hard as his family recovered from the massacre. Black Wall Street did, eventually, rise from the ashes and Greenwood enjoyed another heyday in the 1940s, but integration and urban renewal in the 1960s and the 1970s led to new declines the neighborhood was unable to fully overcome, Johnson said. But the sheriff told the group to leave and they complied. You do not currently have access to this content. And so there's that dissonance between what these people think ought to be, based on white supremacy, and what actually is. Zola Faye Sells (H1982.052) He bought land and opened another general store north of Tulsas St. Louis and San Francisco or Frisco Railroad tracks. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. We are asking for justice for a lifetime of ongoing harm.. 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