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Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city. Both reports called for financial reparations, which Tulsa Mayor G.T. The program would be for survivors of the massacre as well as descendants of victims and other residents of north Tulsa, where the massacre occurred. She praised Bynum for establishing the commission and said reparations can include all items listed, though she strongly supports financial payments. In June, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit by the last two known massacre survivors, Viola Fletcher, 110, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, that sought restitution for the destruction.
Persons: Tulsa Mayor G.T, Bynum, Commission’s, ” Bynum, Vanessa Hall, Harper, , Monroe Nichols, “ We’ve, Nichols, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Emmett Organizations: District, Tulsa Mayor, National Guard, Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus, Tulsa, Oklahoma Supreme, U.S . Department of Justice, NBC Locations: Tulsa , Oklahoma, Tulsa, Greenwood, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City AP —A third set of remains with a gunshot wound has been found at a Tulsa cemetery in the search for graves of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, according to a state official. “We have exhumed him, he is in the forensic lab and undergoing analysis,” on-site at Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, Stackelbeck said. The discovery comes nearly a month after the first identification of remains previously exhumed during the search for massacre victims were identified as World War I veteran C.L. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield said no gunshot wound was found in Daniel’s remains, but said the remains were fragmented and a cause of death could not be determined. The remains exhumed during the current search are among 40 graves found, Stackelbeck said, and meet the criteria for how massacre victims were buried, based on newspaper articles at the time, death certificates and funeral home records.
Persons: Kary Stackelbeck, , Stackelbeck, C.L, Daniel, Phoebe Stubblefield, ” Stackelbeck, Tulsa's, Tulsa Mayor G.T, Vanessa Hall, Harper Organizations: Oklahoma City AP, Oklahoma State, Cross, of Congress, Reuters, Intermountain, Tulsa Mayor, National Guard Locations: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Daniel’s, Tulsa's Greenwood, Salt Lake City, Bynum
Another 17 unmarked adult burials were found at Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery as the city continues its efforts to find the unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Experts then found another five graves, Oklahoma State Archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said in an update Monday. Burned remains of the Greenwood District after the Tulsa Race Massacre in June 1921. On June 1, 1921, white rioters burned and looted Greenwood. Bynum launched the investigation after oral reports indicated that there are mass graves in the city.
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