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This text from Tulsa race massacre may be better

Encounter in the elevator

It is alleged that at some time about or after 4 p.m. on May 30, 1921, 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a Black shoeshiner employed at a Main Street shine parlor, entered the only elevator of the nearby Drexel Building at 319 South Main Street to use the top-floor restroom, which was restricted to Black people. He encountered Sarah Page, the 17-year-old white elevator operator on duty. The two likely knew each other at least by sight, as this building was the only one nearby with a restroom which Rowland had express permission to use, and the elevator operated by Page was the only one in the building. A clerk at Renberg's, a clothing store on the first floor of the Drexel, heard what sounded like a woman's scream and saw a young Black man rushing from the building. The clerk went to the elevator and found Page in what he said was a distraught state. Thinking she had been assaulted, he summoned the authorities.^[1]^: 56–57

The 2001 Oklahoma Commission Final Report notes that it was unusual for both Rowland and Page to be working downtown on Memorial Day, when most stores and businesses were closed.^[1]^: 56–57

Whether – and to what extent – Dick Rowland and Sarah Page knew each other has long been a matter of speculation. It seems reasonable that they would have least been able to recognize each other on sight, as Rowland would have regularly ridden in Page's elevator on his way to and from the restroom. Others, however, have speculated that the pair might have been lovers – a dangerous and potentially deadly taboo, but not an impossibility. Whether they knew each other or not, it is clear that both Dick Rowland and Sarah Page were downtown on Monday, May 30, 1921 – although this, too, is cloaked in some mystery. On Memorial Day, most – but not all – stores and businesses in Tulsa were closed. Yet, both Rowland and Page were apparently working that day. Yet in the days and years that followed, many who knew Dick Rowland agreed on one thing: that he would never have been capable of rape.

An explanation offered is that Rowland had tripped as he got onto the elevator, and as he tried to catch his fall, he grabbed onto the arm of Page, who then screamed.^[1]^: 57

Brief investigation

Although the police questioned Page, no written account of her statement has been found. However, the police determined that what happened between the two teenagers was something less than an assault. The authorities conducted a low-key investigation rather than launching a man-hunt for her alleged assailant. Page told the police that Rowland had grabbed her arm but nothing more and that she would not press charges.^[2]^[3]^{: 79–80, 82, 86}

Regardless of whether assault had occurred, Rowland had reason to be fearful. At the time, such an accusation alone put him at risk for attack by angry mobs of white people. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Rowland fled to his mother's house in the Greenwood neighborhood.^[1]^: 57

Suspect arrested

On the morning after the incident, Henry Carmichael, a white detective, and Henry C. Pack, a Black patrolman, located Rowland on Greenwood Avenue and detained him. Pack was one of two Black officers on the city's police force, which included about 45 officers. Rowland was initially taken to the Tulsa city jail at the corner of First Street and Main Street. Late that day, Police Commissioner J. M. Adkison said he had received an anonymous telephone call threatening Rowland's life. He ordered Rowland transferred to the more secure jail on the top floor of the Tulsa County Courthouse.^[4]^[3]^: 79–80

Rowland was well known among attorneys and other legal professionals within the city, many of whom knew Rowland through his work as a shoeshiner. Some witnesses later recounted hearing several attorneys defend Rowland in their conversations with one another. One of the men said, "Why, I know that boy, and have known him a good while. That's not in him."^[5]

There's more. But shouldn't this article be the main article about him? Doug Weller talk 19:32, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference Final Report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Story of Attack on Woman Denied". The Tulsa Daily World. June 2, 1921. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Hirsch_2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Krehbiel, Randy (April 29, 2011). "Tulsa Race Riot legacy still felt in the city". Tulsa World. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
^ Franklin, Buck Colbert (2000). Franklin, John Hope; Franklin, John Whittington (eds.). My Life and An Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 195–196.

1921 race riot

Dick Rowland 2600:8804:5A00:6FF0:C1B:CD44:5A9D:D65D (talk) 20:20, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Page aged 21 not 17

Though newspapers reported Sarah Page's age as 17 she was in fact 21.

Ref: https://www.centerforpublicsecrets.org/post/the-notorious-sarah-page 92.26.176.67 (talk) 18:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Final_Report-1] Cite error: The named reference Final Report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Story_of_Attack_on_Woman_Denied-2] "Story of Attack on Woman Denied". The Tulsa Daily World. June 2, 1921. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[Hirsch_2002-3] Cite error: The named reference Hirsch_2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Krehbiel, Randy (April 29, 2011). "Tulsa Race Riot legacy still felt in the city". Tulsa World. Retrieved November 30, 2011.

[5] Franklin, Buck Colbert (2000). Franklin, John Hope; Franklin, John Whittington (eds.). My Life and An Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 195–196.

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