TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – The United States Department of Justice has released an anticipated and first-ever formal federal review on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The review, announced at the end of September, was undertaken by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. A synopsis in the report notes that it serves as a way to officially acknowledge, illuminate, and preserve for history the horrible ordeals of the massacre's victims. It also notes that it is the first full accounting of the massacre undertaken by the department.