Скачать или смотреть The Tulsa Riot of 1921 in which 10 whites were killed at the jail followed by 26 blacks in Greenwood

The Tulsa Riot of 1921 followed a Mass Shooting at the Jail.

Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day)
Encounter in the elevator
It is alleged that at some time about or after 4 p.m. on May 30, 1921, 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a Black shoeshiner employed at a Main Street shine parlor, entered the only elevator of the nearby Drexel Building at 319 South Main Street to use the top-floor restroom, which was restricted to Black people. He encountered Sarah Page, the 17-year-old White elevator operator on duty. The two likely knew each other at least by sight, as this building was the only one nearby with a restroom which Rowland had expressed permission to use, and the elevator operated by Page was the only one in the building.

At one point the elevator made a sudden stop. Whether Page or Rowland activated the emergency stop is unknown. Page screamed. A clerk at Renberg's, a clothing store on the first floor of the Drexel, heard what sounded like a woman's scream and saw Rwoland rushing from the building. The clerk went to the elevator and found Page in what he said was a distraught state. He summoned the authorities. Page later told the police that Rowland had grabbed her arm but nothing more and that she would not press charges.

The 2001 Oklahoma Commission Final Report notes that it was unusual for both Rowland and Page to be working downtown on Memorial Day, when most stores and businesses were closed.[46]

Whether – and to what extent – Dick Rowland and Sarah Page knew each other has long been a matter of speculation. It seems reasonable that they would have at least been able to recognize each other on sight, as Rowland would have regularly ridden in Page's elevator on his way to and from the restroom.

Rowland was arrested.

Willard M. McCullough, the newly elected sheriff of Tulsa County, was determined to avoid events such as the 1920 lynching of White murder suspect Roy Belton in Tulsa, which had occurred during the term of his predecessor.[58] The sheriff took steps to ensure the safety of Rowland. McCullough organized his deputies into a defensive formation around Rowland, who was terrified.[failed verification]

The Guthrie Daily Leader reported that Rowland had been taken to the county jail before crowds started to gather.[59] The sheriff positioned six of his men, armed with rifles and shotguns, on the roof of the courthouse. He disabled the building's elevator and had his remaining men barricade themselves at the top of the stairs with orders to shoot any intruders on sight.

Up to 1,500 Armed blacks, some being WWI Veterans, arrived at the jail around 8:20pm. An altercation occurring with the whites protesting. The altercation led to up to 10 whites being killed.

A white mob then went into the Greenwood District. Both sided opened fire on each other. Numbers from 1921 report that a 26 blacks were killed and 13 whites.