Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Reparations Lawsuit by Last Tulsa Race
The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a historic reparations lawsuit on Wednesday, filed by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The suit, initiated in 2020, sought compensation for the estimated 300 Black Americans killed when a white mob destroyed Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood.Lessie Benningfield Randle Viola FletcherThe lawsuit was brought under Oklahoma’s public nuisance law, arguing that the destruction of the “Black Wall Street” continues to impact the community today. Defendants included the Tulsa County sheriff, county commissioners, and the Oklahoma […]