Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

Appendix II

Appendix II Black Business Establishments and Business Persons in Tulsa as Listed in Tulsa City Directories, 1907,1909-1914, and 1916-1923. Establishments Bath Parlors Billiard Halls Cigars and Tobacco Clothing, Dry Goods, Racket, Second-hand, Music, Furniture, Paints and Oils, Shoes Confectionary, Soft Drinks Feed and Grain Furnished Rooms, Boarding and Rooming Houses Garages, Auto Repair and Filling Stations Grocers, Meat Markets Hotels Restaurants Theaters Undertakers' Parlors Total: '07 '09 '10 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 7 4 9 '11 1 1 2 3 5 1 5 18 '12 3 3 1 2 8 2 3 23 '13 3 1 1 1 10 1 13 1 31 '14 3 1 3 4 1 9 1 17 40 '16 1 6 2 4 3 1 7 1 15 1 1 42 '17 5 2 5 1 1 18 1 11 1 2 47 '18 4 2 7 6 11 2 17 1 2 52 '19 5 2 16 1 5 21 2 21 1 2 76 '20 6 2 1 2 1 9 1 23 4 20 1 2 72 '21 9 2 4 1 11 2 41 5 30 2 1 108 '22 4 2 6 1 34 4 29 1 2 83 '23 6 2 6 1 3 3 31 9 19 1 81 Professionals Dentists Druggists and Medicine Manufacturers Jewelers Lawyers Nurses Photographers Physicians and Surgeons Real Estate, Loans, and Insurance Agents Private Detectives Total: Skilled Crafts Persons Bakers Blacksmiths Contractors, Carpenters, Builders, House and Sign Painters Dressmakers Milliners '07 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 5 2 2 2 3 4 7 5 2 1 5 4 5 8 8 1 1 1 3 '07 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 1 1 1 1 '16 1 1 6 3 2 13 '16 1 1 1 '17 1 4 4 4 4 17 '17 1 1 '18 1 3 1 4 10 4 23 '18 I 1 3 '19 1 3 1 5 1 12 3 26 '19 1 7 4 '20 3 1 4 2 1 13 6 30 '20 1 3 '21 2 4 1 3 2 15 6 33 '21 5 2 '22 2 3 4 1 1 10 4 25 '22 3 6 1 '23 2 3 6 2 10 5 1 30 '23 2 2 1 1 Plumbers Printers Shoemakers and Shoe Repairers Tailors Upholsterers Total: 1 There is evidence in the Record Tulsa in 1921. Service Workers Barbers Cleaners, Hatters, Dyers, and Pressers Hairdressers Launderers Shoe Shiners Total: 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 6 of Commission Proceedings, City of Tulsa, Vol. '07 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 1 2 2 4 3 3 5 2 2 1 6 4 1 2 1 2 4 6 4 9 1 2 1 3 7 XV, '16 7 4 1 2 14 1 2 5 2 1 1 5 15 1 3 6 22 1 2 7 14 r i 4 10 1 24 1 6 6 1 24 3 9 19 that there were a number more black plumbers in '17 6 7 1 5 19 '18 10 10 3 4 27 '19 11 7 3 6 27 '20 9 5 1 4 19 '21 12 5 3 6 26 '22 11 5 2 6 24 '23 13 6 1 1 1 22 Semi-Skilled Workers Expressmen and Messengers Housemovers Newsdealers Total: 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 This page intentionally left blank ...