LITTLE AFRICA ON FIRE TULSA RACE RIOT JUNE 1ST. 1921.

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A black-and-white photograph of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma as it burns. Photograph is taken from an elevated position, depicting the rooftops of buildings and a skyline shrouded in smoke. Written in the negative over the smoke plume is [LITTLE AFRICA ON FIRE / TULSA RACE RIOT JUNE 1ST. 1921]. The photograph is fused to cardstock along with objects 2019.95.7, 2019.95.9, and 2019.95.10.

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