Tracing Kansas Cityâs Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Centennial Next Week Share this story Published 2 hours ago Above image credit: The ruins of Black Wall Street after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (Courtesy | Library of Congress)
Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery.
What investigators called a âmass graveâ represented evidence of what witnesses had described almost a century ago â that victims of what often is considered the worst incident of racial violence in American history had been buried together without any stone or memorial marking the spot.
The discovery also meant 21