Mayor G.T. Bynum on 1921 slaughter of Black residents: "It should not have taken 99 years for us to be doing this investigation."
Archeologists and hardhats operating backhoes descended on an Oklahoma cemetery this week, hoping to find victims from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most disturbing — and largely untold — moments of U.S. history.
"It should not have taken 99 years for us to be doing this investigation," Bynum told reporters on Monday."But this generations of Tulsans is committed to doing what’s right by our neighbors and following the truth wherever it leads us." "I am honored and humbled to be here, in this day in time, to witness this time in history to stand in their stead as we try to go about remembering them."
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