A second search for Black victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is to begin in a cemetery. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield is assisting in the search and is a descendant of a massacre survivor.
She said the goal is to identify victims, notify their descendants and shed light on the violence.
A similar excavation in the cemetery in July found no remains.
The violence happened on May 31 and June 1 in 1921, when white residents attacked Tulsa’s Black Wall Street.
An estimated 300 were killed and 800 wounded.
The area that had been a cultural and economic mecca for African Americans was decimated.
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