TULSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — Work continues at Oaklawn Cemetery near downtown Tulsa as the city and field experts perform their fifth excavation in the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
During this excavation, experts have discovered 42 new graves that were previously unknown, three of which were exhumed this week and escorted by field staff and community volunteers to the on-site osteology lab for further analysis.
Those three sets of remains meet the criteria for exhumation, namely that they are adults buried in plain wooden caskets. Additional details about their manner(s) of death or associated trauma have yet to be determined.
To keep up with the work, you can follow the 1921 Graves Facebook Page, @1921Graves, and visit www.cityoftulsa.org/1921Graves.
