Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they found a mass grave site from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. - NBCBLK
Street by street, block by block, the white invaders moved north across the African-American district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, looting homes and setting them on fire.Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum initiated an investigation intoin October 2018, calling the riots a"point of shame for our community," NBC affiliate KJRH reported at the time.
If the city decides to go ahead with an excavation effort, several permits would need to be approved. . Rowland was accused of sexually assaulting Page, and when he was arrested on May 31, a white mob demanded that the sheriff turn him over to them. About 1,500 armed white men stood off against about 75 black men outside the courthouse. Many on both sides of the conflict wereThe black men retreated to the segregated city's Greenwood District, popularly known as Black Wall Street because of the number of African American businesses, as tensions escalated and gunfire was exchanged.
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