Nearly 100 years later, officials are digging for the mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in which as many as 300 African American residents were slaughtered by white mobs.
The City of Tulsa resumed a test excavation for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Graves Investigation on July 13 at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.The City of Tulsa resumed a test excavation for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Graves Investigation on July 13 at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.Nearly a century ago, Tulsa, Okla., was the site of one of the most brutal race massacres in U.S. history.
"Our work continues to find the graves of our fellow Tulsans who went missing during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre," Mayor G.T. Bynum said in a"Because the scan is consistent with a mass grave, a team of some of the foremost researchers in the nation have assembled in Tulsa to assess both the presence and the condition of any human remains at the site in question," he said.where viewers can see the earth being removed.
individuals inside cemetery, including those monitoring the excavation process and archaeologists, to test negative for COVID-19.
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