Today, the city still has a lot of questions. For one, where are the bodies of the victims? As the current mayor reopens the search for mass graves, we take a look at what happened back in 1921 — and why finding these graves still matters to the people of Tulsa.
For more reading, you can check out Vox reporter German Lopez’s article about an eyewitness account of the horrific attack and the Washington Post’s DeNeen L. Brown on how the massacre still haunts Tulsa, even as it gentrifies. And to see more digitized photos, audio, and documents from 1921, check out the Tulsa Historical Society’s collection.
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