Opinion | The Haunting of Tulsa, Okla.
Dec. 26, 2020 A section of a Tulsa, Okla., cemetery is roped off where a mass grave has been discovered.Credit...Joseph Rushmore for The New York Times The Tulsa, Okla., police department set the stage for mass murder in the spring of 1921 when it deputized members of a mob that invaded and destroyed the prosperous Black enclave of Greenwood. The armed marauders who swept into the community in the early hours of June 1 wreaked havoc in the spirit of a police directive that urged white Tulsans to “Get a gun, and get busy and try to get a nigger.” They murdered at will while forcing Black f...