black people in a box, dead. that's something that will be etched in your mind forever. and so for him to tell that story with such conviction, i said, let's dig him up now. >> so many people have said there were no bodies there. but you know, all the black folk in the community, we believe they're there. those stories were passed on to us. >> inch by inch, crews are digging into the history of the 1921 tulsa race massacre. tulsa's mayor, g. -- mayor g.t. bynum, initiated the investigation to try and find if there are any victims buried in mass graves. >> there was a systematic cover-up of the event. it should not have taken 99 years. >> we have to pay attention. we have to pick up the charred baton that has been left in our