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May 23, 2021 · On Tuesday June 1, the City of Tulsa will begin a full excavation and analysis of the Original 18 site at Oaklawn Cemetery, 1133 E. 11th St. led by the University of Oklahoma - Oklahoma Archaeological Survey (OAS) and the 1921 Graves Physical Investigation Committee.
May 26, 2021 · Robert Turner prays near the site of a newly discovered mass grave in Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, the first found from the 1921 attack by white rioters on Greenwood, a Black neighborhood.
Jul 12, 2024 · After years of speculation and work, the City of Tulsa says it’s located for the first time a grave of a missing man who died in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Mayor G.T. Bynum said at an emotional city hall press conference Friday that researchers identified C.L. Daniel, a young World War I veteran who died in the attack sparked by claims ...
Sep 30, 2023 · OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and seven sets of remains exhumed, according to Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck.
Jul 17, 2020 · On Monday, the first test excavation began at a potential site detected by archaeologists on the grounds of Oaklawn Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in Tulsa.
Sep 15, 2023 · OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second set as the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resumes in a Tulsa cemetery.
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Aug 13, 2024 · Markers are placed in the southwest section of Oaklawn Cemetery before crews resume excavation as part of the search for unmarked burials from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Daniel Shular,...
