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Tulsa’s new Black mayor plans $100M reparations for descendants of 1921 Race Massacre

Monroe Nichols announced the plan despite ‘a tough environment’ under Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says 'no avenue' for criminal case in connection to attack

The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre finds there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case in association with the attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district

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Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Independent UK

The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Independent UK

‘Our now-weary bodies have held on’: 109-year-old Tulsa massacre survivors get day in court

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher are asking the state supreme court to allow their historic lawsuit to proceed

The Guardian - US

Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102

Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died

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Judge sides with US slave descendants in Indigenous citizenship dispute

A judge with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ruled an 1866 treaty offers path to citizenship for Black slave descendants.

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Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants

Citizenship for freedmen, descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members, has been a difficult issue for tribes as the U.S. reckons with its history of racism.

WEKU

Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants known as freedmen

A judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has ruled in favor of two descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members

The Independent UK

Oklahoma declines to discuss a settlement of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors' lawsuit

Oklahoma says it won't participate in settlement discussions with survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who are seeking reparations

The Independent UK

Attorneys for 3 last-known survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre appeal dismissed reparations case

Attorneys seeking reparations for three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre have filed an appeal in the case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court

The Independent UK

‘We will not go quietly’: Tulsa race massacre survivors vow appeal after years-in-the-making lawsuit dismissed

Survivors of a cataclysmic white supremacist attack are not giving up a fight for justice after a devastating court decision, attorneys tell Alex Wododward

The Independent UK

Tulsa race massacre survivors are fighting for justice 102 years after catastrophic attack

The last known survivors and their families await a critical court decision in a lengthy legal battle

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Hundreds were killed in the Tulsa race massacre. Are we already forgetting them?

On the 102nd anniversary of the killings, efforts for justice in Greenwood are buried under hollow symbolism

WEKU

A lawsuit by survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, a judge rules

An Oklahoma judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, bringing new hope for justice for three centenarian survivors of the deadly racist attack.

The Independent UK

Judge lets Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit proceed

An Oklahoma judge has ruled that a lawsuit can proceed that seeks reparations for survivors and descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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