Tulsa Massacre New York Times - Tulsa Plans to Excavate Cemetery in Search for 1921 ... : A century ago, a prosperous black neighborhood perished in the tulsa race massacre at the hands of a white mob.
Tulsa Massacre New York Times - Tulsa Plans to Excavate Cemetery in Search for 1921 ... : A century ago, a prosperous black neighborhood perished in the tulsa race massacre at the hands of a white mob. . History, behind only the new york draft riots of. The tulsa massacre is believed to be the first aerial assault on us soil. The 1921 tulsa race riot, where hundreds of african americans were massacred, happened 100 years ago on may 31. Two of the only known headstones in oaklawn cemetery for victims of the race massacre in tulsa, okla., in 1921.credit.joseph rushmore for the new york times. The documented death toll of 36 is believed to significantly underestimate the scale of the violence, in which hundreds. When the smoke cleared in june 1921, the toll from the massacre in tulsa, oklahoma, was catastrophic — scores of lives lost, homes and in one example, a story weeks later well inside the pages of the new york times reported in passing that a grand jury in oklaho
