The search for possible mass graves from the Tulsa race massacre is officially underway nearly a century after hundreds of Black people were brutally killed by White rioters who burned and looted their community
The test excavation, which resumed Monday, is part of a study to determine whether there are human remains in the area, and, if so, what state they are in. It was put on hold in March because of the coronavirus pandemic."Our work continues to find the graves of our fellow Tulsans who went missing during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
About the massacreThe Tulsa race riot of 1921, also called the Tulsa race massacre, resulted in the death of hundreds of African American residents of the city's Greenwood district -- then a Black economic hub also known as Black Wall Street -- when a mob of White rioters looted and burned the community.
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