The Tragedy Of The 1920 ' S

Another brutal race riot was the Tulsa Race riot of 1921. On May 30, 1921, Dick Rowland, a 19-year old african-american shoe shiner, entered an elevator with Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white elevator operator. Rowland accidentally stepped on her foot or grabbed her to catch himself from falling. After screaming, police were called to arrest Rowland. He managed to flee but was arrested the next day. Newspaper articles and widespread rumors caused people to form a lynch mob. The court case  was held the next day on May 31, 1921. While Rowland was being tried, many white supremacists surrounded the courthouse waiting to lynch him. At around 10pm, shots were fired, which started the beginning of the riot. African-Americans, some veterans of WWI,

The black community in Tulsa felt that they were the victims to oppression, violence, and humiliation by the white community. This sentiment is proven through the actions of the Tulsa police force; supported the burning and targeting of black lives, and property. Dick Rowland an African American was arrested on false accusations of assaulting a white women, it began to circulate that he may be killed; armed blacks arrived to the courthouse to protect him but the police refused their request. Similarly whites were beginning to assemble to the courthouse, which escalated tensions cemented the theory of Rowland being killed by whites. Gun fire was exchanged and as a result violence erupted between whites and blacks. Instead of the police quelling the violence; they contributed by deputizing white civilians, providing weapons, doing little action to disperse the white mob (Chris Messer). These white mobs conflicted havoc throughout Greenwood, they burned houses, and they looted which terrified the black community. Through these acts of violence, the black community felt anger, sorrow, helplessness, and humiliation. “Otis found his home destroyed, the vegetable garden covered with ash, his mother and grandmother heartbroken…Otis wanted nothing more to do with this city… (James S Hirsch).” Blacks also felt they were the victims

In the chapter of the year 1920, Morrison uses the notion of defilement during the trip down to Meridian a couple of times, using the characters Helene and Nel. The first notion of defilement was shown when Helene and Nel tried to get on the train. When they got on, they accidently got on the Whites Only section, making Helene look unintelligent, and tried to rush back to the Colored Only section. They’ve almost made it when they're approached by a white conductor, who barks at Helene, "What you think you doin' gal?" The word "gal" makes Helene's hands tremble. It's meant to make her feel small and inadequate, and it does. Helene is portrayed as a proper lady but cannot escape the reality of racism. After getting yelled at about getting on

The Roaring Twenties started in North America and spread to Europe as the effects of World War I diminished. In Europe, the years following the First World War (1919-1923) were marked by a deep recession. Europe spent these years in rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict. Unlike in the aftermath of World War II, the United States did little to try to rebuild Europe. Instead, it took an increasingly isolationist stance (Answers, 2006).

It occurred when a white mob started attacking residents and businesses of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in what is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the history of the United States. Although the riot itself lasted only a few hours, its repercussions are still felt today. The riot started after a young black man was accused of having sexual contact and raping a young white female who was operating an elevator. He was later taken into custody and rumors raced all throughout the Negro Community. Over 800 people had to be taken to the hospitals and over 6,000 negroes were taken into custody. Tulsa Policemen made every negro evacuate their homes. “After the homes vacated,” said one Greenwood resident, “one bunch of whites would come in and loot. Even women with shopping bags would come in, open drawers, take every kind of finery from clothing to silverware and jewelry. Men were carrying out the furniture, cursing as they do so, saying, ‘These damned Negroes have better things than lots of white people.’” (CITE) (http://www.tulsaworld.com/app/race-riot/timeline.html )

The riot between these people was “in protest to the abuses that local white civilians had perpetrated against the soldiers and the lack of concern about those abuses shown by the unit’s commanders.” Although this began in 1917, this was not the end of the riots, but instead, it was just the beginning.

White supremacy in Tulsa during 1917 to 1921 was soaring, white citizen of Tulsa thought with events of bombing a wealthy oilman home to the killing of a taxi cab driver that they should have take the law into their own hands. African Americans were terrified in the white citizens actions. African Americans felt that they would not get equal justice with the law, so African Americans had to stand together against white supremacy and challenge their authority. Which leads into the events that start of the Tulsa race riot. Dick Rowland work as a shoe shiner on Main Street. There were no toilet facilities for the boot shiners, so the owner of the shine parlor where Rowland worked arranged for the employees to use the restroom across the street on the top floor. So the morning of “May 31, 1921” Rowland went across the street to us the bathroom. Dick Rowland got onto the elevator to go to the top floor of the building. Minutes later the young lady ran out of the elevator with scratches on her hands,

During the 20th century, the people of America had to adjust to new desires, lifestyles, and the new materialistic economy. After entering World War I, the aftermath included false positives that in the end, turned out to be complete negatives. Citizens of America possessed materialistic beliefs that led to disappointments. African Americans were confronted by atrocious social conditions. The frustrations faced by many Americans living in the 1920s, included the desires for materialistic possessions in hopes of contentment, the aspirations for freedom and the dignified need for racial equality, are all elucidated in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “Winter Dreams”, and both poems, “Democracy” by Langston Hughes and “The White House” by Claude Mckay.

Have you ever said that you wanted to start a riot, and people have responded by saying that’s not funny? Well here’s why they say that. On May 31, 1921 a riot occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It all happened when Dick Rowland (an African American) was accused of raping a white woman named Sarah Page in an elevator, when Rowland had tripped and grabbed her arm by accident. A salesclerk overheard the scream and called the police. Rowland was arrested. There were angry whites that were outside the courtroom protesting for Rowland to be lynched. The violence started for some people on May 31, 1921 and went on until June 1, 1921. 1265 homes, dozens of office buildings, restaurants, churches and schools had been destroyed during this

The 1930’s was filled with many interesting and knowledgeable events that mark the United States history. Our future depends on what happens in the past. The 1930’s was a significant era for technology. There were many new inventions that we can still see that are in use today. The airplane was a huge leap for the United States, It had sparked a whole new way of doing things. Many events in our history involve planes and if it hadn’t been invented our future wouldn’t be the see as we see it.

The Tulsa Riot of 1921 was a tragic racial riot that resulted in the periodic destruction of Greenwood, a neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nicknamed “Little Africa”, Greenwood was described as a vibrant community, and was built up by African Americans. This community, however, was completely destroyed by a massive mob of white men, whose anger stemmed from rape allegations of an African American man. Before and after the Tulsa Riot occurred, African Americans of the Greenwood community faced social issues due to the prevalence of racism among white men across the nation.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was the culmination of racial tensions both endemic in American society as a whole in the period, and certain tensions peculiar to Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1921, Greenwood and its African American population became the outlet for these often violent tensions seething among Tulsa’s white population. The following paper seeks to shed some further understanding on what motivated and pushed the whites of Tulsa, Oklahoma to such a violent, extreme reaction during the riot.

The “Tulsa Tribune” produced an article with alternative facts stating that Dick “Raped” the young women and was going to be lynched that night which was completely false. In fact the police stated that “No rape occurred nor did an assault.” The Tribune falsely reported a lynching also that outraged black communities. The heading of the Tribune was “Nab Negro for attacking girl in elevator” also they used the word Rape which was almost never used in articles in newspapers causing outrage in white communities prompting the crowd to form around the courthouse. Along with the city, state legislatures impacted the black and white relationship by implementing Jim crow laws, allocating money to white neighborhoods, hindering black communities and not letting them vote which over time created such a tension that it eventually imploded. The federal government hand their hands tied in the U.S. constitution states handle state issues unless the federal government takes over but Harding could not send troops in, because who was he supposed to defend? If he helped blacks he loses votes with republicans along with that he was an “undercover brotha” which is a member of congress who is part of the KKK. Lastly, the people and police who handled the situation wrong are the most blatant people to blame, the people cannot be judge, jury and cause mobs when

Racism in this country has been prevalent over centuries now, and still a huge hindrance in the United States of America. Racism has a huge history with scholars documenting the long illustrious reasons and root causes as to why this has become such a major topic of issue in the United States and its psychological and social obliterations in the society.

Racism has occurred for many years and in many different societies. Some people choose to remain oblivious to it all while others choose to take a stand either for it or against it. Racism is a big