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Tulsa Moving to Recover Remains of 1921 Race Massacre Victims

Natalie Seo

   Tulsa will begin test excavations at Oaklawn Cemetery next week, the
   first step in an effort to recover the remains of victims from the 1921
   Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest incidents of white racial
   violence against Blacks in U.S. history.

   Initial news reports from 1921 said 36 people died in the violence.
   Today, most historians believe the real number to be around 300.

   The city, along with the University of Oklahoma and the [1]Oklahoma
   Archaeological Survey, will excavate the cemetery as a part of the 1921
   Tulsa race massacre grave investigation. The dig was scheduled to begin
   April 1, but coronavirus travel restrictions delayed the start to July
   13.

   The test excavations to uncover initial evidence will be done where
   victims may have been buried, according to the [2]American Association
   for the Advancement of Science.

References

   1. https://www.ou.edu/archsurvey
   2. https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/archaeologist-scott-hammerstedt-looks-answers-tulsa-race-massacre-1921

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