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NEWS – Op-Eds/Recent Articles

Tulsa Massacre

Aguilera, Jasmine
2019. “Archaeologists Have Located a Possible Mass Grave Associated with the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots. Here’s What to Know.” Time Magazine. December 17, 2019.

Branigin, Anne 
2019. “Nearly 100 Years Later, Tulsa Begins Search for Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre.” The Root, October 8, 2019.

Brown, DeNeen
2020. “Tulsa Plans to Dig for Suspected Mass Graves from a 1921 Race Massacre.” The Washington Post, February 4, 2020.

Daley, Jason 
2018. “Tulsa to Search for Mass Graves From the Race Massacre of 1921.” Smithsonian Magazine, October 9, 2018.

Dawkins, Farida 
2019. “Researchers May Have Uncovered Mass Grave From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.” Blavity News, December 17, 2019.

Frank, Nehemiah D.
2020. “Mass Grave Excavation Planned While Community Boils over Rolling Oaks.” Black Wall Street Times, March 3, 2020.

Hans, Christian
2020. “OU Researcher for Oklahoma Archeological Survey Detects Possible Tulsa Race Massacre Graves using Radar.” The Oklahoma Daily, June 15, 2020.

Madani, Doha 
2019“Possible Mass Grave from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Found by Researchers.” NBC News, December 16, 2019.

Romo, Vanessa
2019. “New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.” NPR, December 17, 2019.

Ross, Kavin
2018. “Mayor’s Mass Grave Investigation, Tulsans Seek Transparency, Giant Step for One Tulsa Movement.” The Black Wall Street Times, October 10, 2018.1

Slanchik, Amy 
2019. “Archaeologists Finish Scanning Three Sites In Search Of 1921 Mass Graves In Tulsa.” News On 6, October 17, 2019.

Trotter, Matt 
“Tulsa Mass Graves Excavation Postponed over COVID-19 Threat.” Public Radio Tulsa, March, 23, 2020.

Wolfe, Elizabeth and Saeed Ahmed
2019. “An Investigation Has Revealed What May be two Mass Grave Sites from the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots.” CNN. December 17, 2019.

Zaveri, Mihir 
2020. “Nearly 100 Years After Tulsa Massacre, City Plans to Search Cemetery for Victims.” The New York Times, February 5, 2020.

REPORTS – Meeting Notes/Preliminary Results

City of Tulsa
2019. “Introduction of Committee and Investigatory Structure.” Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. June 27, 2019.

2019. Overview of Initial Investigation Sites.” Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. July 18, 2019.

2019. “Discussion of Key Decision Points.” Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. August 22, 2019.

2019. “Determining Next Steps of Excavation.” Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. September 26, 2019.

2020. “Additional Geophysical Survey at Oaklawn Cemetery.” Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. February 3, 2020.

Hammerstedt, Scott and Amanda Regnier
2019. “Searching for Graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Geophysical Survey of Oaklawn Cemetery, The Canes, and Newblock Park.” Powerpoint presentation presented at Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. December 16, 2019.

2019. “Searching for Graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Geophysical Survey of Oaklawn Cemetery, The Canes, and Newblock Park.” Survey Report presented at Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. December 16, 2019.

Johnson, Hannibal, committee chair
2019. “Historical Context Committee Monthly Report.” Reviewing Online Submissions from Share Your Story. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. September 26, 2019.

2020. “Historical Context Committee Monthly Report.” Reviewing Online Submissions from Share Your Story. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. February 3, 2020.

Physical Investigation Committee
2020. “1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation: Proposed Test Excavations and Additional Geophysical Survey at Oaklawn Cemetery.” Test Excavation Plan presentation presented at Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. February 3, 2020.

Stackelbeck, Kary
2020. “1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation: Proposed Test Excavations and Additional Geophysical Survey at Oaklawn Cemetery.” Powerpoint presentation presented at Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. February 3, 2020.

Warner, Richard
1999. “Computations as to the Deaths from the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.” Unpublished Manuscript notes on 148 telephone calls received in response to 1999 Tulsa World article.