The solemn memorial service began with the singing ... a mother who claimed that her son was a victim of the “1921 Tulsa Race ...
The 1921 race riot in Tulsa began on Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, when a young black man stepped into an elevator, tripped, and either grabbed a young white girl’s arm to steady himself ...
Smitherman in the records of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. After discovering Smitherman's ties to Buffalo, where he settled with his family in 1925 and founded the Buffalo Star newspaper, and after ...