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Tulsa race massacre
October 26, 2022
The latest exhumations at Oaklawn Cemetery will be followed by another excavation for bodies' remains to gather more DNA.
Tulsa race massacre
September 15, 2022
Scientists plan to extract more DNA from recently reburied remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and search…
Mother Randle and other survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
August 5, 2022
An Oklahoma judge said six descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre cannot sue for reparations.
Tulsa race massacre
July 14, 2022
People who believe they are descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can give genetic material to help…
June 23, 2022
Investigators seeking to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre have found enough usable DNA for testing on two of…
June 1, 2022
The carnage that took place in 1921 during the Tulsa Race Massacre was the culmination of unrest that began two…
Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, theGrio.com
May 18, 2022
Business for Good co-founders say Viola Ford Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle and will share the donation.
May 3, 2022
There's new hope for some measure of justice for three survivors of the deadly racist rampage who are now over…
Tulsa thegrio.com
December 18, 2021
A spokeswoman for the DOJ confirmed to theGrio that it has received a formal request for a federal investigation into…
October 13, 2021
Maxine Waters is leading efforts to get reparations for Black descendants of the enslaved on Native American reservations, starting in…
September 25, 2021
“It's about our ability as a people to get redress and justice for things that we know have happened," Damario…
Tulsa Commemorates 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre
August 20, 2021
Tulsa residents want the Department of Justice's help in locating mass grave sites of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
August 1, 2021
Protests took place on Friday outside of Oaklawn Cemetery, the Tulsa, Oklahoma site where bodies were exhumed last year.
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June 15, 2021
Tidal has partnered with Angela Rye and will premiere Triumph Over Trauma: Black Wall Street Then and Now, a special…
Tulsa thegrio.com
June 10, 2021
A team of researchers in Oklahoma uncovered 27 coffins during a search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
Black Wall Street thegrio.com
June 4, 2021
The owners of the Black Wall Street Gallery in New York City are speaking out after the space was vandalized…
Tulsa race riot
June 3, 2021
Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will be gifted $100,000 each on the heels of the 100-year commemoration.
U.S. President Joe Biden
June 2, 2021
theGrio's April Ryan questioned President Biden about a U.S. apology for the Tulsa Race Massacre at the 100-year commemoration in…
June 2, 2021
Harris has been tasked with a variety of duties in the Biden administration while consistently expressing urgency around voter access.
U.S. President Joe Biden
June 1, 2021
theGrio was on the ground as President Joe Biden, administration officials and members of Congress gathered for historic Tulsa Massacre…