Five more bodies found in search for victims of 1921 Tulsa race massacre

<p>More coffins of people believed to be victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa have been found, city officials have said.</p> <p>Crews searching Oaklawn Cemetery found five more coffins, bringing the total number discovered at the mass-grave site to 20.</p> <p>The search began last year, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/tulsa-race-massacre-at-least-10-bodies-found-in-search-for-victims-of-1921-race-massacre-in-tulsa-12111162" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>with researchers finding at least 12 sets of remains</strong></a>, but officials have not confirmed if they are those of massacre victims.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image"> <figure class="sdc-article-image__figure"> <div class="sdc-article-image__wrapper" data-aspect-ratio="16/9"> <img class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/21/06/768x432/skynews-tulsa-race-massacre_5404798.jpg?20210604091116" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/21/06/384x216/skynews-tulsa-race-massacre_5404798.jpg?20210604091116 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/06/768x432/skynews-tulsa-race-massacre_5404798.jpg?20210604091116 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/06/1600x900/skynews-tulsa-race-massacre_5404798.jpg?20210604091116 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/06/2048x1152/skynews-tulsa-race-massacre_5404798.jpg?20210604091116 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="State archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck (left) has estimated that at least 30 bodies could be at the site. 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Pic: AP</span><br /> </figcaption></figure> </div> <p>For the latest find, excavation and analysis will be completed this week and authorities say a formal exhumation process is expected to start on 7 June.</p> <p>Last year’s discovery was described as significant by the city’s mayor, GT Bynum, who budgeted $100,000 (£71,000) to find victims after previous searches had failed.</p> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region " data-interscroller="true" data-format="floated-mpu" data-role="sticky-region" data-component-name="sdc-site-layout"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__target"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__mask"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__content"> <div class="sdc-site-au-wrapper "> <div class="sdc-site-au site-component-vertical-margin" data-ad-format="mpu-1" data-type="" aria-hidden="true"> <p> <span class="sdc-site-au__label-text" data-label-text="Advertisement">Advertisement</span> </p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p>The massacre took place on 31 May and 1 June in 1921, when a white mob attacked Tulsa’s Greenwood district – attacking the black community in one of <a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/united-states-4398" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>America</strong></a>‘s darkest episodes of racial violence.</p> <p>Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck has estimated as many as 30 or more bodies could be on the site.</p> <p>Not long after the massacre, the state officially declared the death toll to be only 36 people, including 12 who were white.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-related-stories" data-component-name="sdc-article-related-stories"> <div class="sdc-article-related-stories__content"> <h3 class="sdc-article-related-stories__title">More on United States</h3> </p></div> </div> <p>However, historians estimate that the death toll was actually between 75 and 300.</p> <div class="sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn" 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This was a massacre and among the worst in our history. But not the only one.”</p> <p>Prior to Mr Biden’s visit people in Tulsa gathered outside Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church to mark the anniversary.</p> <p>The church was under construction when it was destroyed during the massacre and was rebuilt years later.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news/2021/06/04/five-more-bodies-found-in-search-for-victims-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre/">Five more bodies found in search for victims of 1921 Tulsa race massacre</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news">Patabook News </a>.</p>

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