Mt. Zion Baptist Church Burning
Title
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Burning
Description
Mount Zion Baptist Church, which had only recently been completed and paid for before the riot.
The reasons for its burning are debated, but it was believed to have held a large weapons cache, and that there were people shooting from it during the defense of Greenwood.
Creator
Unknown photographer
Source
Mary E. Jones Parrish. Events of the Tulsa Disaster. Privately published. 1922.
Date
1921 June 1
Rights
This item was published in the Events of the Tulsa Disaster in 1922, and is therefore in the Public Domain.
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown photographer, “Mt. Zion Baptist Church Burning,” Tulsa Race Riot Photographs, accessed April 18, 2024, https://tulsaraceriot.omeka.net/items/show/21.