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The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13] [14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and ...
Hodge Kirnon. Hodge Kirnon (13 May 1891 - November 1962) [1][2] was a Montserratian scholar, historian, and literary critic, [3] who also worked as an elevator operator at Alfred Stieglitz' gallery 291. [4][5] He has been described as "one of the leading lights of the postwar Negro Renaissance " [2] and as Montserrat's first historian. [3]
The Elevator Strikes were a series of labor strikes that took place from the 1920s to the 1960s across the United States, but most notably in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Before the automation of elevators, elevator operators had to "open and close the manual doors, control the direction and speed of the car, take requests from ...
His final job was as an elevator operator at the Rockefeller Center, where his fame as the "Black Swallow of Death" was unknown. On December 22, 1959, he was interviewed on NBC's Today Show by Dave Garroway and received hundreds of letters from viewers. Bullard wore his elevator operator uniform during the interview.
One of the news articles that contributed to tensions in Tulsa. On May 30, 1921, Rowland attempted to enter the Drexel Building elevator. Although the exact facts are in dispute, according to the most accepted accounts, he tripped and, trying to save himself from falling, grabbed the first thing he could, which happened to be the arm of the elevator operator, Sarah Page.
Elevator operator. The Smith Tower in Seattle, Washington uses traditional elevator operators, as seen in this 2008 photo. An elevator operator (North American English), liftman (in Commonwealth English, usually lift attendant), or lift girl (in British English), is a person specifically employed to operate a manually operated elevator. [1]
James Greene, born James Thomas Nolan, (December 1, 1926 – November 9, 2018) was an American film, theater and television character actor.Greene was best known to television audiences for his recurring role as Councilman Fielding Milton, the oldest member of the fictional Pawnee city council on Parks and Recreation, as well as his starring role as Davey McQuinn the elevator operator on The ...
July 20, 1947. (1947-07-20) (aged 54) Los Angeles, California U.S. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1917–1947. Charles R. Moore (April 23, 1893 – July 20, 1947) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films in his acting career, and was sometimes credited as Charles Moore or Charlie Moore.[1]