ADThe proposal to dig for mass graves comes more than 20 years after renowned forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow found anomalies with “all the characteristics of a dug pit or trench,” the Tulsa Race Riot Commission wrote in its 2001 report. The massacre began May 31, 1921, when a white mob marched on Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood, one of the most affluent black communities in the country. Bynum (R) announced that he would reopen the investigation into mass graves, calling it a murder investigation. Bynum said the city is obligated to find out what happened in 1921 as Tulsa prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the massacre. “We owe it to the community to determine if there are mass graves in our city,” Bynum told The Post.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2020 02:32 UTC