Photograph of destruction in Greenwood after the Tulsa Race Massacre

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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 the destroyed Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma after the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the foreground is a stone foundation littered with and surrounded by ash. The background features remnants of building façades. There is loss at the left edge and lower left corner of the photograph. The photograph is fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.8, 2019.95.9, and 2019.95.10.

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