AdvertisementArcheologists started digging up a mass grave in Oklahoma on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in a bid to identify remains of at least 12 people believed to have been among those slaughtered. Funeral home records indicate 18 black men who were killed in the 1921 massacre are buried at the site of the exhumations. The true death toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre remains unknown with hundreds thought to have been killed in the terrifying two day massacre that started May 31, 1921. According to the Tulsa Race Riot Report of 2001, an estimated $1,470,711 was incurred in damages - equal to about $20 million today. President Joe Biden called for the Tulsa Race Massacre to be remembered: 'My fellow Americans, this was not a riot.

Source: Daily Mail June 02, 2021 12:46 UTC