Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 Article
Tulsa Tribune, Sunday, 6-5-1921
City Edition
Page 5
ALL TRAINS OUT OF CITY JAMMED WITH REFUGEES
HUNDREDS OF NEGROES BUY ONE WAY TICKETS OUT OF TULSA, AGENTS SAY
A general exodus of Negroes from the city has taken place since the rioting ceased Wednesday. All local passenger stations have been crowded with Negroes buying one-way tickets out of the city. An approximate estimate was made last night that between 1,000 and 1,500 of them have left in the last three days.
They have been .[tear].for every city from New York to San Francisco at the Frisco and Santa Fe office, railway officials announced. The Katy and Midland Valley offices have sold a large number of tickets for Muskogee and McAlester. Guthrie also has been a favorite among those who have decided to leave Tulsa.
More than five times as many Negroes have left Tulsa in the last four days than at any other one period in the history of the city, the information clerk at the Frisco station said.
However, all of the Negroes who left Tulsa did not leave by way of the railway stations, as has been indicated by reports from surrounding towns of hundreds of blacks fleeing in all directions. The general exodus really began Tuesday night and became more spirited the faster the bullets flew Wednesday morning.
Last night when the last Midland Valley train left for Muskogee, Negroes were fairly hanging out of the windows. Cars reserved for Negroes were jammed to the platforms.
Reprinted with permission from the Tulsa World.
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