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Rowland was 19 years old at the time. The alleged victim of the assault was a white 21-year-old elevator operator Sarah Page (born July 27, 1899). [a] She later declined to advocate for and/or assist any prosecution after the race riots. According to conflicting reports, the arrest was prompted after Rowland tripped in Page's elevator on his ...
The history in Tulsa is already written, descendants say, but they want more. ... Sarah Page. The 35-square-block area where the massacre occurred was known as Black Wall Street, one of the most ...
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13] [14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and ...
Decades later, the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot Commission concluded, Sarah Page, 17, was interviewed by police but made no allegations of assault. Rowland was arrested, and white men went to the jail to ...
The female was an elevator operator named Sarah Page, 17. The pair likely knew each other, according to the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot Commission.
Black Birds in the Sky recounts the story surrounding the Tulsa race massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 192. The attack began after Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old Black man, allegedly assaulted Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white woman, resulting in a mob of white Tulsa residents seeking justice. The attackers, backed by government ...
Sarah Page (prohibitionist) (1863–1950), New Zealand teacher, feminist, prohibitionist, socialist, social reformer, and politician Sarah Page, the White-American girl, allegation of sexual assault against Black-American Dick Rowland , impetus of the Tulsa race massacre
On May 30, 1921, a young Black man named Dick Rowland boarded an elevator occupied by a young white woman named Sarah Page. Some say he tripped and brushed up against her, others say