The Tulsa Outrage was an act of vigilante violence perpetrated by the Knights of Liberty against members of the Industrial Workers of the World amidst World War I on November 9, 1917, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In April 1917 the United States entered World War I and Governor Robert L. Williams extralegally created the State Council of Defense and local county councils to help administer the state during the war.
The Tulsa Outrage was an act of vigilante violence perpetrated by the Knights of Liberty against members of the Industrial Workers of the World amidst World War I on November 9, 1917, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In April 1917 the United States entered World War I and Governor Robert L. Williams extralegally created the State Council of Defense and local county councils to help administer the state during the war.
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