The response of local White clergymen to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre:
Rev. C. W. Kerr, First Presbyterian Church:
Rev. Harold Cooke, Centenary Methodist Church
Bishop E. D. Mouzon, Boston Avenue Methodist Church
Rev. J. W. Abel, First United Methodist Church
The Sunday after the riots, outdoor church services for African Americans were hosted by White ministers, numerous Black church buildings having been destroyed. According to the World newspaper, "simple gospel sermons" were preached—with no mention of the prior week's events.
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