As Tulsa, Oklahoma, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, work is underway to identify remains found in a mass grave that may be connected to the massacre in an all-Black neighborhood in the city known as 'Black Wall Street.'
Dr. Robert Turner, pastor at the Vernon A.M.E. Church in Tulsa, joins ABC News’ Linsey Davis to discuss events marking 100 years since the 1921 Tulsa race massacre., work is underway to identify remains found in a mass grave that may be connected to the massacre in an all-Black neighborhood in the city known as"Black Wall Street."
City officials created an advisory public oversight committee to ensure transparency and community participation during the grave search investigation. During the committee’s May meeting, chairman Kavin Ross said the excavation coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the massacre is bringing renewed attention and interest to their efforts.
“We start this process today, as we have every stage of this investigation, thinking of the victims of the event and their families,” Oklahoma archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said at the cemetery press conference on Tuesday. “The most ideal outcome is that we can recover DNA from remains ... we can finally bring some closure for these families.”The mass grave is located near the headstones of the only two known massacre victims buried in the Black section of the Potters Field at Oaklawn.
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