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African-American Resource Center
Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 Articles

RACE WAR RAGES FOR HOURS AFTER OUTBREAK AT COURTHOUSE; TROOPS AND ARMED MEN PATROLING STREETS
Tulsa Daily World, Wednesday, June 1, 1921
Negroes Finally Driven Into "Little Africa" Where 1,000 Armed Blacks Are Reported At Bay With More Than 500 Armed Whites Facing Them Opposite Frisco Tracks; Move To Lynch Bootblack Starts Trouble.

MANY MORE WHITES ARE SHOT
Tulsa Daily World, Wednesday, June 1, 1921, Second Extra.
Whites Advancing into "Little Africa;" Negro Death List Is About 15
Scores Badly Wounded

STATE TROOPS IN CHARGE
Tulsa Daily World, Wednesday, June 1, 1921, Third Extra.
Race War Start Came in Arrest of Young Negro

MARTIAL LAW HALTS RACE WAR
Tulsa Tribune, Wednesday, June 1, 1921.
Fire Razes Black District

MARTIAL LAW HALTS RACE WAR
Tulsa Tribune, Wednesday, June 1, 1921.
Bulletins

DEAD ESTIMATED AT 100; CITY IS QUIET
Tulsa Daily World, Thursday, June 2, 1921.
5,000 Negro Refugees Guarded in Camp At County Fair Grounds

REALTORS START THE TASK OF LISTING ALL LOSSES
Tulsa Tribune, Friday, June 3, 1921

U. S. ORDERS RACE RIOT INQUIRY
Tulsa Tribune, Friday, June 3, 1921.
Sheriff Says Telephone Call Started Riot

ALL TRAINS OUT OF CITY JAMMED WITH REFUGEES
Tulsa Tribune, Sunday, June 5, 1921.
Hundreds of Negroes Buy One Way Tickets Out of Tulsa, Agents Say

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