In photos: Tulsa honors massacre victims, 100 years on
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Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis attend a soil dedication ceremony for victims of the white supremacists' rampage in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 31. Photo: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, civil rights leaders and scores of other Americans came together in the Oklahoma city Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of the atrocity.
The big picture: The Greenwood District of Tulsa has marked the 1921 killing of some 300 Black residents by a white mob that destroyed a thriving, middle-class Black community over the past three days with peaceful protests, "parades, concerts and panel discussions," per the Washington Post.
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Editor's note: This article has been updated with more details and further photos.
