National Guards - Taking Negros to Ball Park for Protection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting African Americans held by the National Guard being led through the streets of Tulsa. The image depicts a long column of black men and women walking down a street with National Guard soldiers positioned along either side. There are buildings and rail cars on the other side of the line of people. A sign on one of the structures reads [THE CONTINENTAL]. Along the bottom of the image, written into the negative and appearing as white text is [NATIONAL GUARDS - TAKING NEGROS TO BALL / PARK FOR PROTECTION - RACE RIOT OF TULSA / JUNE 1st 1921]. The verso is marked [POST CARD] at the top with spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS] and an AZO stamp box in the top right corner.

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