20 September, Friday, 2024
No menu items!
HomeSourcesmetro.co.ukSearch for Tulsa race massacre victims turns up 21 new coffins

Search for Tulsa race massacre victims turns up 21 new coffins

NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

An excavation into a suspected mass burial site for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre has unearthed another 21 unmarked graves.

The search for victims of the brutal riot 100 years ago has turned up a series of unmarked coffins that investigators say might hold remains of victims of one of the worst incidents of anti-black violence in American history.

Investigators working for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 Graves project announced the discovered 17 adult graves over the weekend of October 28 and 29. Another six coffins – four adult, and two child-sized – were discovered the following Tuesday, November 1.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web
browser that
supports HTML5
video

RELATED ARTICLES

Most Popular

Recent Comments