so the catalytic event for the event in tulsa in 1921 began on may 30th, 1921. >> dick roland 19 years old and black crossed paths in an elevator with a 17-year-old white girl named sarah page. history books offer us one version of events. >> something happened on the elevator. we don't know exactly what, but it's likely that dick either bumped into, brushed up against or stepped on the foot of sarah page. she overreacted. she began to scream and he was frightened and ran from the elevator. >> family lore. >> the man was not a black man attacking a woman. what he saw was two people kissing. sarah page and dick roland were lovers. he was accused of attacking her and sarah from what we understand tried to tell him no, no, no. we're in love. we're getting married. >> she refused to cooperate with