Tulsa, OklahomaAlmost 100 years after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a team of archeologists and forensic anthropologists has unearthed a mass grave that may be connected to one of the worst incidents of racial terror against Black people in U.S. history.
The site, containing at least 12 wooden coffins, was uncovered last week in the Potters’ Field section of Oaklawn Cemetery, a city-owned cemetery located just blocks from the historic all-Black community of Greenwood, where as many as 300 Black people were killed during the massacre.
Brenda Alford, a descendant of massacre survivors, told reporters she was deeply moved when the team discovered a mass grave.
“I don’t believe my grandparents could have ever imagined this time in history,” said Alford, whose grandparents
