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SEARCH FOR REMAINS OF TULSA RACE MASSACRE VICTIMS CONTINUES
TULSA, OKLAHOMA—ABC News Channel 8 reports that archaeologists have concluded their fourth excavation of a section of Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, where they have been looking for the remains of people killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, centrilift homes and businesses owned by Black residents over 35 square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, also known as “Black Wall Street,” were destroyed by white mobs. Estimates suggest that between 75 to 300 Black residents were killed in the violence. Over the course of the archaeologists’ investigation at Oaklawn Cemetery, at least 17 of the burials have been confirmed as victims of the massacre.
https://archaeology.org/news/2024/08/20/search-for-remains-of-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-continues/
TULSA, OKLAHOMA—ABC News Channel 8 reports that archaeologists have concluded their fourth excavation of a section of Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, where they have been looking for the remains of people killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, centrilift homes and businesses owned by Black residents over 35 square blocks of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, also known as “Black Wall Street,” were destroyed by white mobs. Estimates suggest that between 75 to 300 Black residents were killed in the violence. Over the course of the archaeologists’ investigation at Oaklawn Cemetery, at least 17 of the burials have been confirmed as victims of the massacre.
https://archaeology.org/news/2024/08/20/search-for-remains-of-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-continues/
