in may 1921, when dick roland had been arrested in tulsa. there was fairly good reason to believe it was going to happen again. a local paper, the tulsa tribune published an account on may 31st 1921, that essentially accused this black teenager, dick roland, of rape. he worked as a shoe shine boy at a building in downtown tulsa. the paper in red hot terms essentially accused him of sexually assaulting a white teenage girl who worked at an elevator operator at the building where he worked. and teenage dick roland was arrested that day and after, he was arrested, a mob apparently a large mob of white tulsa residents started gathering at the courthouse demanding basically to get their hands on him. and tulsa was a bustling city at the time. a lot of business, specifically a lot of oil business was running through tulsa and it was a segregated city. most of the african american population in tulsa lived in a neighboring neighborhood called greenwood which was a segregated black neighborhood but it was also a flourishing neighborhood. a bustling

and teenage dick roland was arrested that day. after that, a mob, a large mob of white tulsa residents started gathering at the courthouse, demanding basically to get their hands on him. and tulsa was a bustling city at the time. a lot of business, a lot of oil business, was running through tulsa. and it was a segregated city. most of the african-american population lived in greenwood. it was flourishing there, it had a hospital, and schools, and churches, and hotels, and bars, and restaurants, and jewelry stores, and theaters. at least two different black-run newspapers. a solid black professional class, a solid black economy in that neighborhood. greenwood also had a considerable number of african-american men. some of whom were world war i veterans who were not only concerned that young dick roland would be lynched that day, they were also willing to take concerted action to try to prevent that from happening. that day in 1921, as the white, angry mob grew and grew at the courthouse. and the sheriff tried to hold the white, ang

and teenage dick roland was arrested that day. after that, a mob, a large mob of white tulsa residents started gathering at the courthouse, demanding basically to get their hands on him. and tulsa was a bustling city at the time. a lot of business, a lot of oil business, was running through tulsa. and it was a segregated city. most of the african-american population lived in greenwood. it was flourishing there, it had a hospital, and schools, and churches, and hotels, and bars, and restaurants, and jewelry stores, and theaters. at least two different black-run newspapers. a solid black professional class, a solid black economy in that neighborhood. greenwood also had a considerable number of african-american men. some of whom were world war i veterans who were not only concerned that young dick roland would be lynched that day, they were also willing to take concerted action to try to prevent that from happening. that day in 1921, as the white, angry mob grew and grew at the courthouse. and the sheriff tried to hold the white, ang

and teenage dick roland was arrested that day. a mob, a large mob of white tulsa residents started gathering at the courthouse, demanding basically to get their hands on him. and tulsa was a bustling city at the time. a lot of business, a lot of oil business, was running through tulsa. and it was a segregated city. most of the african-american population lived in greenwood.

in may 1921, when dick roland had been arrested in tulsa.

a teenager named dick roland was at grave risk of being lynched.ere was fairly good reason to believe it was going to happen again. a local paper had