 The Commission conducted three and a half years of research, speaking with survivors of the massacre and sifting through hospital and autopsy reports.The final report of the Commission discussed the events of May 31 and June 1, 1921; the destruction of property; the social and economic dislocation and devastation of the black community; and the number of casualties the Commission confirmed.In brief, 

Through the night of May 31, and into the morning of June 1, whites virtually destroyed the Greenwood section.