Tulsa’s new mayor backs ‘significant elements’ of plan for city to do more over Tulsa Race Massacre
A group representing survivors and descendants from the Tulsa Race Massacre are unveiling a sweeping plan for reparations that includes direct cash payments from the city to families of victims.
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors demand accountability and reparations following DOJ report
The last two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre have vowed to continue their fight for reparations following the release of a new DOJ report.
More Than a Century After the Tulsa Race Massacre, One Question Endures: What Is Justice?
Survivors of the 1921 massacre and their descendants contemplate the meaning of reparations in today’s Tulsa, Okla.
Proposal calls for restoration of Tulsa Race Massacre neighborhood, reparations
A sweeping plan to restore Tulsa’s Greenwood district, destroyed during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, was announced Tuesday by the nonprofit advocating for its last living victims.
New paperbacks on the Tulsa Race Massacre, David Lynch and more
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'Open wounds': Tulsa, Oklahoma, mayor backs new plan for reparations for race massacre victims
Tulsa, Oklahoma's mayor is backing parts of a plan that aims to pay reparations to the survivors and descendants of a 1921 race massacre in the city.
New initiative launched in Greenwood as mayor cites 'open wounds' from Tulsa Race Massacre
Mayor Monroe Nichols indicated support for "significant elements" of an initiative launched Tuesday by Justice for Greenwood but did not say which ones.
Plan to help Tulsa Race Massacre victims and descendants unveiled
Advocates in Oklahoma have announced a new plan seeking reparations, preservation and economic development for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their descendants. Why it matters: Details for Project Greenwood,
Justice for Greenwood says Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, descendants deserve justice through new plan
Representatives with Justice for Greenwood said the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and descendants deserve justice through a new plan.
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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed. By Audra D. S. Burch Audra D.S. Burch writes about ...
For Tulsa victims, this ‘apology’ stings
On the Friday morning before Donald Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were ...
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DOJ issues Tulsa Race Massacre Report
TULSA, Okla. — On Friday, the Department of Justice issued a report on the Tulsa Race Massacre, outlining its finding and evaluation of the massacre undertaken in accordance with the ...
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DOJ Report: Tulsa Race Massacre barbaric, evidence of officer involvement in murders
On Saturday, the Legal Counsel for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors responded to the DOJ report with the following statement: Yesterday, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of ...
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Tulsa Massacre: DOJ report acknowledges violence against Greenwood’s Black community a century late
The report was based on the Justice Department’s review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre under the Emmett Till ...
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DOJ report on Tulsa Race Massacre: 'No avenue of prosecution now exists'
“The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as a civil ... that Black men were ultimately responsible for the massacre." The 1921 report concluded that no federal laws were broken.
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"Project Greenwood" reparations package gains Mayor's support
Justice for Greenwood unveiled a wide-ranging reparations package Tuesday, dubbed “Project Greenwood,” that it wants the City ...
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Attacking the Dream: 7 major race massacres in US history
On May 31, 1921, a white mob violently attacked the black Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood, which included a ...