Historical records matching Michael Emanuel Froug
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About Michael Emanuel Froug
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The Race Massacre had a far-reaching effect even outside of Tulsa. At the time, Mike Froug (1889-1959), his wife Esther (1889-1967) and daughter Rosetta Froug Mulmed (1914-2003) were living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, running a clothing store called the Pickens Department Store. Immediately after the massacre, several Ku Klux Klan members came to his house at night and set a cross on fire on his front lawn.
Knowing who the perpetrators were (frequent shoppers in his store), Froug went to the head of the Klan with his gun and told him that if they ever did that again, he would shoot them.
This act had such a profound effect on Froug that when he and his cousin Ohren Smulian (1903-1984) opened the first Froug’s Department Store in Tulsa in 1929, they became the first store in the city after the massacre to allow whites and blacks to not only shop together but to try on clothes at the same time.
Frougs was also the first white-owned store in Tulsa to have black salespeople.
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Michael Emanuel Froug's Timeline
| 1889 |
June 17, 1889
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| 1914 |
July 31, 1914
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Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States
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| 1916 |
January 1, 1916
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| 1919 |
March 4, 1919
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Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States
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| 1959 |
April 3, 1959
Age 69
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April 3, 1959
Age 69
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Rose Hill Cemetery and Memorial Park, 4161 East Admiral Place, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK 74115, United States
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