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Photograph of detained African American men 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 African American men standing in a loose line, with hands raised in surrender, along what appears to be a residential street. Several white men are visible standing between the line and the camera, many with hands on their hips. The photograph has loss at the top left corner and is fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.3, 2019.95.4, and 2019.95.5.

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Catalog reference: 2019.95.6

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