The last three known survivors of the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre announced on Monday that they plan to appeal last week's ruling by an Oklahoma judge dismissing their lawsuit seeking reparations for the deadly event.
On the night of May 31 and June 1 of that year, a mob of white people attacked Tulsa's Greenwood district, an exceptionally affluent Black neighborhood sometimes known as "Black Wall Street," killing more than 300 people and burning down hundreds of Black-owned homes and businesses. No one was ever held criminally liable, and survivors were never compensated for their losses.
