The massacre of Tulsas Black Wall Street

White mobs destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921. But where are the victims bodies Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: 100 years ago, a white mob destroyed an American neighborhood called Black Wall Street, murdering an estimated 300 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That incident known as the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been largely left out of US history books. Today, a century later, the city still has a lot of questions. For one, where are the bodies of the victims As the city s mayor reopens the search for mass graves, we take a look at what happened back in 1921and why finding these graves still matters to the people of Tulsa. For more reading, check out the links below: Voxs reporting on an eyewitness account of the horrific attack: The Washington Posts indepth story on the massacre and the current challenges of gentrification: