A memorial service honored the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, including a World War I veteran, with a monument to commemorate their lives.
The larger context: Many of the estimated 300 Black residents killed by a white mob, which ravaged the prosperous, middle-class Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have yet to be identified.
In 2021, the city of Tulsa launched an investigation into 120 unmarked graves at Oaklawn Cemetery. C. L. Daniel was the first victim to be identified in July after his remains were uncovered in a mass grave in 2020. His name is now etched on a memorial stone at the site, honoring those found there.
