Bynum, was Tulsa’s second mayor in 1899. ADIn 2018, after The Washington Post published a story about the unsettling questions surrounding the massacre, Bynum announced he would reopen the investigation. AD“I’ve heard that some people say it’s unusual for a white Republican mayor to be focused on this,” Bynum said. One of LaFortune’s first votes as commissioner “was to desegregate public facilities in Tulsa,” Bynum said. “They were holed up in their apartment” during the massacre, Bynum said.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2020 11:03 UTC