NEWS – Op-Eds/Recent Articles
Aguilera, Jasmine
“Archaeologists Have Located a Possible Mass Grave Associated with the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots. Here’s What to Know”. Time. December 17, 2019
Branigin, Anne
Nearly 100 Years Later, Tulsa Begins Search for Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre. The Root, October 8, 2019.
Brown, DeNeen
Tulsa Plans to Dig for Suspected Mass Graves from a 1921 Race Massacre. The Washington Post, February 4, 2020.
Daley, Jason
Tulsa to Search for Mass Graves From the Race Massacre of 1921. Smithsonian Magazine, October 9, 2018.
Dawkins, Farida
Researchers May Have Uncovered Mass Grave From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Blavity News, December 17, 2019.
Frank, Nehemiah D.
Mass Grave Excavation Planned While Community Boils over Rolling Oaks. Black Wall Street Times, March 3, 2020.
Hans, Christian
OU Researcher for Oklahoma Archeological Survey Detects Possible Tulsa Race Massacre Graves using Radar. The Oklahoma Daily, June 15, 2020.
Madani, Doha
Possible Mass Grave from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Found by Researchers. NBC News, December 16, 2019.
Romo, Vanessa
New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. NPR, December 17, 2019.
Ross, Kavin
Mayor’s Mass Grave Investigation, Tulsans Seek Transparency, Giant Step for One Tulsa Movement. The Black Wall Street Times, October 10, 2018.
Slanchik, Amy
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
“An Investigation Has Revealed What May be 2 Mass Grave Sites from the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots”. CNN. December 17, 2019.
Zaveri, Mihir
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
“Introduction of Committee and Investigatory Structure”. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. June 27, 2019.
City of Tulsa
“Overview of Initial Investigation Sites”. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. July 18, 2019.
City of Tulsa
“Discussion of Key Decision Points”. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. August 22, 2019.
City of Tulsa
“Determining Next Steps of Excavation”. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. September 26, 2019.
City of Tulsa
“Additional Geophysical Survey at Oaklawn Cemetery”. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. February 3, 2020.
Hammerstedt, Scott and Amanda Regnier
“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.
Hammerstedt, Scott and Amanda Regnier
“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)
Historical Context Committee Monthly Report. Reviewing Online Submissions from Share Your Story. Mass Graves Search, Public Oversight Committee Meeting. September 26, 2019.
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
“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
“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
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)