Postcard title reads: Burning of Church Where Ammunition

Postcard title reads: Burning of Church Where Ammunition was Stored-During Tulsa Race Riot-6-1-21. Mt. Zion Baptist Church burns during the Tulsa race Riot of June 1, 1921. The congregation had paid off $50, 000 of its $85, 000 mortgage before church was totally destroyed the church in the Greenwood section of the city. After the riot they completed the payments (BSLOC_2017_20_79)

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African American Civil Rights Disorder Greenwood Injustice Lcgr1712 Lcgr2017 Neighborhoods No One Oklahoma Oppression Race Riots Racial Conflict Segregation Social Issues Tulsa

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