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Part II

Believing that the Tulsa "Negro" population was in revolt, Tulsa- based State Militia and police the afternoon of May 31, 1921 attempted to erect a cordon south of the Greenwood district.

Black defenders set up defensive strong points near the train depot on the district's south boundar...