How We Reconstructed the Neighborhood Destroyed by the Tulsa Race Massacre

Illustration by Simoul AlvaNew York Times graphics editors worked with librarians and archivists to piece together a picture of Greenwood before it was burned. The data set and map files are now open source.By Yuliya Parshina-Kottas and Anjali SinghviTo commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa race massacre, graphics editors at The New York Times analyzed archival maps, city directories, census data, newspaper clippings and survivor accounts to reconstruct Greenwood, a prosperous Black neighborho...

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