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Advocates still hope to see "justice in their lifetime" after the OK Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
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 ...
The lawsuit from Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 110 – who were small children during the Tulsa Race Massacre – continued on even after the death of Fletcher’s ...
The Justice Department provided new insight and chilling details about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, describing the two-day raid that killed 300 Black residents and destroyed their businesses as a ...
Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre said Thursday they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in the case seeking reparations for one of the ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the city would make financial ...
A lawsuit seeking reparations and rebuilding to address historical damage done by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been dismissed.. The case, filed on behalf of the last three survivors of the ...
Viola Fletcher (née Ford; born May 10, 1914), also known as Mother Fletcher, is the oldest known living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre and a supercentenarian.One hundred years after the massacre, she testified before Congress about the need for reparations.