OUâs three-day symposium commemorating the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, titled âReflecting on the Past, Facing the Future,â began with an opening ceremony at noon Thursday.
OU President Joseph Harroz, Vice President of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, and Oklahoma Humanities Executive Director Caroline Lowery all spoke during the opening ceremony to explain the importance of remembering and reflecting on the causes and long-term effects of racial violence during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
The massacre remains one of the single deadliest events of racist violence in U.S. history, with death tolls ranging from 100 to 300 people. Undiscovered mass graves from the event are still expected to remain around the city, with one potential site identified by archaeologists estimated to have around 30 individuals interred.
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