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May 30, 2024 · The process to unravel these details started at Oaklawn Cemetery, the oldest existing cemetery in Tulsa, where there is strong evidence that at least some victims were buried. The space is about a mile away from the 100 block of Greenwood Avenue—once the crown jewel of Black Wall Street.
Jul 6, 2024 · In 2020, the city began excavating a section of Oaklawn where evidence of a mass gravesite was found. It was a major step to solving a historic cold case, an ambitious mission that started with...
Jul 31, 2024 · The Rev. Gerald Davis leads researchers, city of Tulsa workers and community members in a prayer Friday over exhumed human remains as they search Oaklawn Cemetery for victims of the 1921 Tulsa ...
Sep 30, 2023 · The seven exhumed remains will be reburied in their original grave sites after the forensic analysis is complete and any DNA is collected, according to a news release from the city of Tulsa.
Sep 16, 2023 · CNN — The remains of two adults have been found in an archaeological dig at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race...
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Jul 12, 2024 · A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre of the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday.