⁍ A search for potential mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre has ended without uncovering any evidence of human remains.

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⁍ The effort had been set for March but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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⁍ The city said there were still multiples sites of interest and potential candidates for mass graves.

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⁍ Historians believe that as many as 300 people were killed in the massacre.

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– Archeologists in Tulsa, Okla., have ended their search for possible mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre without finding any. The effort at Oaklawn Cemetery was part of a study to find human remains from the massacre, in which hundreds of Black people were brutally killed by White rioters, CNN reports. “At this point, we believe we have fully investigated this anomaly, and unfortunately we have not discovered the evidence of Race Massacre victims we were hoping to find,” says State Archeologist Kary Stacklebeck. “But we have learned a great deal about the cemetery itself, and this is information we can carry forward as we investigate future sites.” Stacklebeck says there are still multiple sites of interest and potential candidates for mass graves. The massacre—often referred to as the Tulsa race riots—was sparked by a confrontation between a Black resident and a White man among a group of angry White people demanding the lynching of a young Black man. A struggle over the White man’s gun, and the White man was shot. When it was over, an estimated 1,200 homes were destroyed and more than 800 people were injured. Bodies were buried by strangers in mass graves while the victims’ families were detained under martial law.