Race Riot Collection

Photograph of B. C. Franklin, I. H. Spears, and Effie Thompson, June 6, 1921
A black and white photograph of B.C. Franklin (right) and I. H. Spears (left), with Secretary Effie Thompson (center), in their temporary tent office after the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921

Dress worn by Marie Monroe of Rosewood, Florida, 1923. Creator: Unknown
This dress belonged to Marie Monroe, a young woman who lived in Rosewood, Florida, during the 1923 Rosewood Massacre, a racially motivated massacre of black people

Bentwood armchair from a church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, late 19th-early 20th century
A bentwood armchair purportedly belonging to a black church in Tulsa that was looted during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. The chair has curved arm rests

Placard calling for reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001. Creator: Unknown
A handmade placard that reads " GIVE / ENOUGH! / REPARATIONS / NOW!" on one side. On 31 May-1 June 1 1921, mobs of White residents

Typewriter used by B. C. Franklin, Mar 1947. Creator: Remington Rand
Buck Colbert Franklin (1879-1960) was an attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is most known for defending the survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

Scene during Tulsa Race Riot June 1st 1921. Creator: Unknown
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as " Black Wall Street

Ruins of the Tulsa Race Riot 6-1-21, 1921. Creator: Unknown
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as " Black Wall Street

National Guard Machine Gun Crew during Tulsa Race Riot 6-1-21, 1921. Creator: Unknown
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as " Black Wall Street

Old Negro saving few articles after mob violence. Many went destitute + homeless, 1908
An elderly man gathering possessions after the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois. The man is depicted in the center of the image, outside of what appears to be a residential structure

Two white men stoning an African American to death, 1919, USA. Between 1910 and 1930, 4.1 million African Americans moved from the Southern states to the cities of the North

African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end of the First World War as African Americans

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