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Dick Rowland or Roland[1] (Born Jimmie Jones and Diamond Dick Rowland[1] in news reports, born c. 1902 — c. 1960s - 1979?[2]) was an African American teenage shoeshiner whose arrest for assault in May 1921 was the impetus for the Tulsa race massacre. Rowland was 19 years old at the time. The alleged victim of the assault was a white 17-year-old elevator operator Sarah Page. She later declined to advocate for and/or assist any prosecution after the race riots.
Rowland was arrested the following day, though the local police and prosecutors believed him innocent and planned to not charge him.
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Police plan to release him
Entire White race blamed
alarmed the local black population, some of whom arrived at the courthouse armed. Shots were fired, and 12 people were killed; 10 white and two black.[5]
The black shooters fled into Greenwood
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