The Tulsa Race Massacre
History Daily
Airship | Noiser | Wondery
4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
May 31, 1921. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a Black teenager is accused of assaulting a white woman, setting off the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. This episode originally aired in 2023.
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| 0:17.0 | It's the morning of May 30th, 1921 at the Drexel Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| 0:30.3 | Dick Rowland, a black 19-year-old shoeshiner, smiles as he waits for the elevator on the third floor. |
| 0:36.0 | Dick loves riding the elevator at work because it gives him a chance to spend time with Sarah Page, |
| 0:41.0 | the white 17-year-old elevator operator. |
| 0:43.3 | The elevator stops and the door opens. |
| 0:48.9 | Dick grinned even wider as Sarah comes into view. |
| 0:51.3 | But Dick misses a step and stumbles across the threshold. |
| 0:56.0 | As the door closes and the elevator starts moving, |
| 0:59.0 | Dick lands on Sarah's foot and braces himself against her. |
| 1:03.0 | Sarah screams. |
| 1:05.0 | Dick apologizes, but Sarah is livid. |
| 1:09.0 | Sarah raises her purse and swings wildly at Dick. |
| 1:12.0 | He shields his face and then grabs Sarah's arms to make her stop. |
| 1:17.0 | The elevator reaches the ground floor and the door opens. |
| 1:20.0 | Sarah pushes past Dick and shouts, I've been assaulted. |
| 1:25.0 | Dick knows that the white man rushing toward him has no interest in hearing his side of the story. |
| 1:30.0 | So Dick darts out of the elevator, runs for the closest door, and exits out onto a Tulsa street. |
| 1:37.0 | Dick runs through the city as fast as he can. |
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