Rev. Whitaker and family distributing relief goods.
Title
Rev. Whitaker and family distributing relief goods.
Description
Reverend R. A. Whitaker was the pastor at 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.
The ruins of Mount Zion Baptist Church are in the background of this photo.
The ruins of Mount Zion Baptist Church are in the background of this photo.
Creator
Unknown photographer
Source
Mary E. Jones Parrish. Events of the Tulsa Disaster. Privately published. 1922.
Date
c. 1921
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, “Rev. Whitaker and family distributing relief goods.,” Tulsa Race Riot Photographs, accessed March 29, 2024, https://tulsaraceriot.omeka.net/items/show/12.