Today in History for July 23: In 1621, the Virginia colony was granted the New World's first written constitution.

Ed Wheeler’s article on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre appeared in the 1971 June-July issue of Impact magazine and was titled “The Disaster of the 1921 Race Riot.” ...

Race riots had occurred in other parts of the U.S. It had been only 20 years since the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot. It was not surprising to hear about a lynching.