Detainees being marched along the train tracks with their arms raised, during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_81.jpg
People searching through rubble after the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. (Oklahoma Historical Society)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_80.jpg
Smoke billowing from burning buildings during the Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress/Public Domain)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_67.jpg
DeNeen Brown walks through Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, OK. In October 2020, a team of archaeologists uncovered unmarked mass graves in the cemetery, thought to belong to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. (National Geographic/Brandy Austin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_64.jpg
An archival image with the caption "Burning of church where ammunition was stored during race riot, Tulsa, Okla." (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_58.jpg
An archival image shows some of the destruction caused during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_57.jpg
An archival image shows some of the destruction caused during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_56.jpg
An archival image shows some of the destruction caused during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_55.jpg
An archival image shows some of the destruction caused during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_54.jpg
An archival image shows some of the destruction caused during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Library of Congress)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_53.jpg
John Franklin being interviewed for the National Geographic documentary Red Summer. (National Geographic/Rebecca Hale)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_50.jpg
In Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery, only two headstones mark the graves of victims of the 1921 race massacre. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_47.jpg
Protestors led by Rev. Robert Turner march through Tulsa, OK and call for reparations for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_43.jpg
Rev. Robert Turner leads a protest calling for reparations for the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_42.jpg
Oklahoma State Representative Regina Goodwin visits the Black Wall Street Memorial in Tulsa, OK. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_39.jpg
The Black Wall St. mural in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_32.jpg
DeNeen Brown takes notes in Oaklawn Cemetery at the site where archaeologists uncovered unmarked mass graves in October 2020. The graves are thought to belong to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. (National Geographic/Christopher Creese)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_29.jpg
In Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery, a team of archaeologists uncovered unmarked mass graves in October 2020. The graves are thought to be those of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (National Geographic/Brandy Austin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_26.jpg
The Rev. Robert Turner of Vernon A.M.E. Church prays at Oaklawn Cemetery after learning that scientists found a mass grave during an excavation in the search for victims from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Bethany Mollenkof/National Geographic)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_20.jpg
In Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery, only two headstones mark the graves of victims of the race massacre. The city plans to conduct a test excavation in an effort to find the remains of more of those who were killed. (Bethany Mollenkof/National Geographic)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_19.jpg
Rev. Robert Turner leads the Historic Vernon AME Church in the Greenwood District of Tulsa. The church was the only building that remained intact during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. (Bethany Mollenkof/National Geographic)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_18.jpg
Dr. Brian Mitchell examines the scrapbook in the Research Room at the Arkansas State Archive. (National Geographic/Brandy Austin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_15.jpg
A team of archaeologists excavates Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, OK, searching for unmarked graves. In October 2020, the team uncovered unmarked mass graves in the cemetery, thought to belong to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. (National Geographic/Lisa Hendin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_12.jpg
A team of archaeologists excavates Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, OK, searching for unmarked graves. In October 2020, the team uncovered unmarked mass graves in the cemetery, thought to belong to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. (National Geographic/Lisa Hendin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_11.jpg
DeNeen Brown and Marc Carlson look through archives of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, stored in the McFarlin Library at the University of Tulsa. (National Geographic/Lisa Hendin)Posted 12/27/23RiseAgainTulsaAndTheRedSummer_10.jpg