Tulsa, OK. May 31, 1921. The New York Age, New York, New York Sat, Jun 4, 1921
2017, printed 2022
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inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 55.5 × 99.5 cm (21 7/8 × 39 3/16 in.) sheet: 60.96 × 106.68 cm (24 × 42 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2023.98.12
Art Historical Context
Wendel White's *Tulsa, OK. May 31, 1921. The New York Age, York, New York Sat Jun 4, 1921* (2017, printed 2022) is a striking inkjet print that captures a historical newspaper page from *The New York Age*, prominent Black-owned publication. Measuring an expansive 55.5 × 99.5 cm, this photograph preserves a primary source documenting the devastating Tulsa Race Massacre, which erupted on May 31, 1921, in Oklahoma's Greenwood District—often called "Black Wall Street" for its thriving African American community. White, a contemporary photographer renowned for his archival explorations of Black his...