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>https://tulsaraceriot.wordpress.com/tag/kkk/
>Conversely, membership in 1921 (August 31, after the riot), the Tulsa Klan enrolled its first 300 members. By 1924, when the Governor declared martial law in Tulsa, there were reputedly upwards of 10,000 members, not including the women’s auxiliary and children’s groups.
So according to this, the riots precipitated the rise of the KKK in the area.
There were also Communists involved in the buildup to the riots.
There was a large Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) group in Tulsa at the time.
Who really knows what the real story was but it was not as clearcut as how it is portrayed.
https://thislandpress.com/2012/04/18/tate-brady-battle-greenwood/
No group was more hated or feared in Tulsa than the IWW. As individuals publicly opposed to the war effort, wobblies felt compelled to dampen industrial productivity by encouraging workers to strike. If such a strike were to occur, it could impact oil production and threaten the supply of oil to the military campaign. Tulsa’s economy was vulnerable to an act of worker sabotage.
https://gunnerq.com/2019/08/26/why-paul-harvey-was-anticommunist/
In September 1919, The Crusader announced the formation of a new organization called the African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), to serve as a self-defense organization for blacks threatened by race riots and lynchings.
So, what happened? Did bloodthirsty whites from multiple police and military jurisdictions decide to go on a killing spree for no reason? I believe this was basically a gang war between the KKK and ABB. Time to discuss the latter.
The African Blood Brotherhood for African Liberation and Redemption (ABB) was a radical U.S. black liberation organization established in 1919 in New York City by journalist Cyril Briggs. The group was established as a propaganda organization built on the model of the secret society. The group’s socialist orientation caught the attention of the fledgling American communist movement and the ABB soon evolved into a propaganda arm of the Communist Party of America.
The ABB enjoyed a period of notoriety following the Tulsa Riot of 1921. Tulsa had an ABB chapter and news reports credited the organization with inspiring resistance to racist attacks.