Remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims
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October 21, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — At least 10 bodies were found Wednesday in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery where investigators are searching for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma's state archaeologist said.
"What we were finding was an indication that we were inside a large area ... a large hole that had been excavated and into which several individuals had been placed and buried in that location. This constitutes a mass grave," state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said.
Investigators found 10 wooden coffins containing what was initially presumed to be one person...
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