Ruined street in Greenwood, the African American

Ruined street in Greenwood, the African American section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921. An armed National Guardsman speaks with a man in the street. In this post WW1 emergency, the Illinois National Guard did their job, and protected African Americans citizens. In pre-WW1 riots in Springfield and (1908) and East St. Louis (1917) elements of the National Guard sided with the White mobs (BSLOC_2017_20_82)

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30 40 People 30-40 People African American Burned Out Civil Rights Disorder Greenwood Injustice Lcgr1712 Lcgr2017 National Guard Neighborhoods Oklahoma Oppression Pogroms Race Riots Racial Conflict Segregation Social Issues Tulsa

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