The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community.

A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday.

Using DNA from descendants of his brothers, the remains of C.L. Daniel from Georgia were identified by Intermountain Forensics, said Mayor G.T. Bynum and officials from the lab. He was in his 20s when he was killed.

“This is one family who gets to give a member of their family that they lost a proper burial, after not knowing where they were for over a century,” Bynum said.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    26·
    4 months ago

    Sure. You’re going to pay for it, since we can’t afford to, and find my wife and I new jobs when we get there, right?

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        20·
        4 months ago

        It’s you that seems to hate your country so much.

        Acknowledging the shame of America’s racist past is a way to make it better. I suppose we should also ignore Dr. King since he addressed this shame?

        That’s the thing about America, you can get a better job, save up, and move

        What America are you talking about? People can’t even afford to move to other parts of the U.S.