The site is one of several around Tulsa that the group of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians plans to search as part of a city-backed effort to investigate stories of mass graves connected to the 1921 massacre.
Archaeologists and historians are beginning the dig to find victims of the 1921 “race massacre” in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"This is just an incredible, incredible moment," Oklahoma State Archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Thursday."We still have many questions to answer but we are definitely a step closer to getting answers." A work crew examines a grave containing what may be the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 21, 2020.
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