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May 13, 2019

Tulsa Officials to Oversee Search for Mass Graves Nearly 100 Years After 1921 Race Massacre
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And in Tulsa, Oklahoma, city officials have formed a committee to
oversee the search for mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. On
May 31, 1921, a white mob killed as many as 300 people, most of them
black, after a black man was accused of assaulting a white elevator
operator. Over two days, white mobs set fire to homes, businesses and
churches in Greenwood, a thriving African-American business district
known at the time as the Black Wall Street. The massacre was largely
overlooked by most Americans at the time, but local community leaders in
Tulsa are ramping up efforts to uncover mass graves and seeking to bring
public awareness to the area's history as the 100-year anniversary of
the massacre approaches. Click here to see Democracy Now's coverage of
the Tulsa Race Riot


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