Profile of a Race Riot
Object Details
- Published by
- Oklahoma Impact Magazine, American
- Commissioned by
- Dale Hogg, American
- Edited by
- Don Ross, American, born 1941
- Written by
- Ed Wheeler
- Description
- A magazine insert from Oklahoma Impact Magazine with a story by Ed Wheeler about the Tulsa Race Massacre, published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the event. The insert is a 14-page saddle-stitched booklet. The cover has a color picture of a flames surrounding the center title in white [PROFILE / OF A / RACE / RIOT]. An inscription reading [MK Copeland] is handwritten at the top right corner in blue ink. The interior pages contain black and white photographs of the massacre's aftermath, including images of those killed, along with the text of the article recounting the event. The back cover has the same design as the front, but the text reads [IT / HAPPENED / IN / TULSA / 50 YEARS / AGO].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- 1971
- Object number
- 2011.60.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- publications
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Closed): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- H x W (Open Flat): 11 × 17 1/16 in. (27.9 × 43.3 cm)
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- American West
- Race relations
- Race riots
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.60.18
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c4e68a22-f245-434c-875e-dd67f57af608
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