A change at the Library of Congress to use "Elaine Massacre" as a research subject heading more accurately describes the racially-motivated killings of Black residents in 1919, historians and descendants said.
<p>Historian Robin D.G. Kelley warns what has been truly hidden are the class politics of the Tulsa Race Massacre, both in terms of the economic agendas of the white elites who condoned and covered up violence and the impact on the city's Black working class. </p>