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    [Rear view of truck carrying African Americans during the Tulsa, Oklahoma, massacre of 1921]

    1921 · Authentic historical photograph

    African Americans riding in the back of a truck during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Public Domain Image Archive presents this image as “Photograph of a Female Survivor from the Tulsa Massacre.” No individual is named; the original Library of Congress title and photographer are recorded below.

    Photographer:
    Alvin C. Krupnick Co.
    Credit:
    Library of Congress, via Public Domain Image Archive
    Collection:
    Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records, Library of Congress
    Catalog:
    LC-USZ62-86979; LOT 13095, no. 5; LOC 95519929
    Rights:
    No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress). Public Domain Worldwide; No Additional Rights (Public Domain Image Archive).

    After the race riots June 1st, 1921, Tulsa, Okla.

    1921 · Authentic historical photograph

    An archival view of a Tulsa street after the June 1, 1921 destruction, showing ruined buildings and people among the debris. The original catalog title uses the historical term “race riots”; the event is now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. No individuals are identified.

    Credit:
    American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. LC-DIG-anrc-14737.
    Collection:
    American National Red Cross Photograph Collection
    Catalog:
    LC-DIG-anrc-14737; LC-A6197- RC-10373
    Rights:
    No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress rights advisory).

    Interior, ARC Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 1, 1921.

    November 1, 1921 · Authentic historical photograph

    African American patients recovering at an American Red Cross hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 1, 1921, following the Tulsa Race Massacre.

    Credit:
    American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. LC-DIG-anrc-14753.
    Collection:
    American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
    Catalog:
    LC-DIG-anrc-14753
    Rights:
    No known restrictions on publication.

    Smoldering Ruins of African American Homes — Tulsa, 1921

    1921 · Authentic historical photograph

    Smoldering ruins of African American homes following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, documenting the destruction of the Greenwood community.

    Photographer:
    Alvin C. Krupnick Co.
    Credit:
    Alvin C. Krupnick Co., 1921. NAACP Records, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-33788.
    Collection:
    Visual Materials from the NAACP Records, Library of Congress
    Catalog:
    95517072; LC-USZ62-33788
    Rights:
    No known restrictions on publication.