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Photograph of African Americans being detained during the Tulsa Race Massacre

1921

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

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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 black-and-white photograph of a column of African American men with hands raised in surrender, being led into a building. A crowd of white men, several wielding long guns, stand on either side. The photograph is bent at top left corner and fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.3, 2019.95.5, and 2019.95.6.

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Catalog reference: 2019.95.4

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