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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 Massacre....
Sep 15, 2023 · The latest search began Sept. 5 and is the third such excavation in the search for remains of the estimated 75 to 300 Black people killed during the 1921 massacre at the hands of a white mob that descended on the Black section of Tulsa — Greenwood.
Sep 29, 2023 · State archeologist Dr. Kary Stackelbeck and forensic anthropologist Dr. Phoebe Stubblefield updated the media on Friday detailing what their teams have found. “We have uncovered and delineated and mapped in 59 additional graves, all but two of which were previously unmarked,” Stackelbeck said.
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Sep 29, 2023 · The City of Tulsa completed a third phase of excavation work at Oaklawn Cemetery, identifying 57 unmarked graves and exhuming 7 sets of remains considered possibly tied to the 1921 Tulsa Race...
Jul 12, 2024 · The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community.
Jun 8, 2021 · CNN — There are now 27 graves that have been uncovered at an excavation site for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery. That is 15 new burials since...
