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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination. Discussions: RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa Race Massacre of 1919, No move, April 28, 2017 RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa race massacre, Move reverted, November 20, 2018 RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa race massacre, No consensus, August 8, 2019. RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa Race Massacre, Request declined, October 15, 2019 RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa Massacre of 1921, Request declined, January 5, 2020 RM, Tulsa race riot → Tulsa race massacre, Moved, February 7, 2020

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Section sizes Section size for Tulsa race massacre (56 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 15,479 15,479 Background 8,121 8,121 Monday, May 30 (Memorial Day) 35 3,481 Encounter in the elevator 2,141 2,141 Brief investigation 1,305 1,305 Tuesday, May 31 21 17,621 Arrest of Rowland 1,756 1,756 Newspaper coverage 3,512 3,512 Stand-off at the courthouse 4,803 4,803 Taking up arms 4,831 4,831 Outbursts of violence 2,698 2,698 Wednesday, June 1 1,360 15,480 Fires begin 2,944 2,944 Daybreak 1,371 1,371 Attack by air 5,045 5,045 Arrival of National Guard troops 4,760 4,760 Aftermath 15 36,824 Casualties 9,899 9,899 Property losses 954 954 Identities of the African American victims 3,424 3,424 Public Safety Committee 856 856 Rebuilding 4,793 4,793 Tulsa Union Depot 4,917 4,917 1921 grand jury investigation 37 6,454 Allegations of corruption 1,476 1,476 John A. Gustafson 4,941 4,941 Breaking the silence 5,512 5,512 Survivors 269 17,088 Olivia Hooker 2,442 2,442 Eldoris McCondichie 2,193 2,193 George Monroe 1,254 1,254 Mary E. Jones Parrish 2,456 2,456 Lessie Benningfield ("Mother Randle") 1,785 1,785 Hal Singer 2,053 2,053 Essie Lee Johnson Beck 1,550 1,550 Vernice Simms 1,543 1,543 Lena Eloise Taylor Butler 1,543 1,543 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission 2,243 2,243 Post-commission actions 29 26,523 Search for mass graves 12,476 12,476 Reconciliation 3,331 3,331 Survivors' lawsuit 2,526 2,526 John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park 1,609 1,609 Renewed calls for restitution 6,552 6,552 President Biden's visit 1,244 1,244 Tulsa Historical Society and Museum 1,135 1,135 Present-day Black Wall Street 1,429 1,429 In popular culture 63 13,324 Literature 3,747 3,747 Film and television 7,663 7,663 Music and art 1,851 1,851 See also 729 729 References 289 289 Bibliography 4,909 4,909 Further reading 3,274 3,274 External links 2,831 2,831 Total 172,024 172,024

Seems like number of confirmed deaths should be higher, given 120 graves being reported on by AP News: https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-graves-identified-c7cdcd5ca4e54ec27bbb836beae86404

Is this article out of date or is there a reason to have various casualty estimates? Ma7ged (talk) 20:20, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AP News has simply misreported the facts. The Oaklawn cemetery contains many hundreds of ordinary unmarked graves. They are simply graves with no headstone. Just one of those recently excavated has been linked to the 1921 event. Nor did any contemporary ever report that 300 blacks died.That figure first came from the report by the Tulsa Red Cross in the which its head wrote that he didn't know how many had died but that he had heard estimates ranging from 50 to 300. But any such estimate included white fatalities as well as black. 92.26.176.67 (talk) 15:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems 3 more bodies have been found. Slatersteven (talk) 16:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]