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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tulsa officials announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city.
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13] [14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and ...
Direct payment of reparations to descendants of the survivors of the Tulsa Massacre; A scholarship fund available to students affected by the Tulsa Massacre; Establishment of an economic development enterprise zone in the historic area of the Greenwood District; A memorial for the reburial of the remains of the victims of the Tulsa Race Riot [2]
A key part of the work was coverage of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, in which about 150 Blacks were killed by White residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Damon Lindelof was inspired by learning of the Tulsa massacre from "The Case for Reparations" in developing the 2019 television series Watchmen. The series features the Tulsa massacre as a central ...
The state’s high court heard oral arguments in a first-of-its-kind reparations development for those harmed by the 1921 race massacre. […] The post Oklahoma Supreme Court has ‘power to open ...
Tulsa officials announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city. The panel will review ...
The federal Civil Rights Division’s Cold Case Unit is conducting the review of the massacre, according to ABC News. The violence took place in Tulsa, Okla., on May 31 and June 1, 1921 when a ...
The abrupt dismissal of a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is seen as a stinging setback for restitution efforts nationwide. But many critics say the case justifies the ...