Ever Increasing and Overlapping Circles: The Community Team Recovering the Victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Event Details

In 2018, the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, initiated the first physical investigation into the recovery of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a white supremacist–-led terrorist act that destroyed homes and businesses in Tulsa’s Greenwood district and murdered scores of Black residents. During this public talk and Q&A session, a panel consisting of archaeologists and anthropologists working on the investigation/recovery, as well as descendants of the massacre’s survivors, will discuss the project’s goals, the identification of unmarked graves, the interpretation of the site and violent events, and the recognition of this part of Tulsa’s past. The conversation will also include information and updates regarding similar efforts at Indianapolis’s former Greenlawn Cemetery (the site of a controversial redevelopment), with lessons learned from efforts in Tulsa informing next steps in Indianapolis.

Tickets are free, but registration is required. To register, click on the RSVP button above.

For more information, visit the Crown Hill Foundation’s website or email jdinius@crownhill.org.

This program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.