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Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack
5 days, 15 hours ago

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

LA Times  

People attend a dedication of a prayer wall outside the historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Greenwood neighborhood during the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in Tulsa, Okla., in 2021. The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded that although federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no …

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Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘No avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack, DOJ says
5 days, 15 hours ago

Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘No avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack, DOJ says

CNN  

Oklahoma City AP — The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. The Department of Justice said at …

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Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack
5 days, 17 hours ago

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

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. The Department of Justice said at the …

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Tulsa’s First Black Mayor Plans To Address An Ugly History
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tulsa’s First Black Mayor Plans To Address An Ugly History

Huff Post  

Oklahoma state Rep. Monroe Nichols is seen during a committee hearing in 2019 in Oklahoma City. Sue Ogrocki via Associated Press Earlier this month, former Oklahoma state Rep. Monroe Nichols was elected the first Black mayor of Tulsa. “I’m not naive to think that this man is not going to be able to do a whole lot without some push …

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Justice Department To Launch Review Into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice Department To Launch Review Into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING OKLAHOMA CITY — The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district that is considered one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history. The review was launched under a federal cold-case initiative …

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What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
7 months ago

What we know about the lawsuit filed by the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Associated Press  

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 worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history. Although the court wrote that the plaintiff’s grievances about the destruction of the Greenwood district, also …

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Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses suit from last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations
7 months ago

Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses suit from last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations

LA Times  

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher and another survivor were suing the city with the hope of seeing what their attorney called “justice in their lifetime.” The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make …

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A final chance for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘This is it’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

A final chance for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre: ‘This is it’

CNN  

CNN — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting destroyed with fire,” she told CNN. Video Ad Feedback 109-year-old Tulsa massacre survivor living in …

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Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102
1 year, 3 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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. After the war, Van Ellis worked as a sharecropper and went on to raise seven children, all in the shadow of the Tulsa …

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Latest search for remains of the Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with seven sets of remains exhumed
1 year, 3 months ago

Latest search for remains of the Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with seven sets of remains exhumed

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest search for the remains of victims …

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Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
1 year, 5 months ago

Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

LA Times  

In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower court judge dismissed it last month, giving hope to advocates for racial justice that government may make amends in one of the worst single acts …

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Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
1 year, 5 months ago

Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower court judge dismissed it last month, giving hope to advocates for racial justice that government may make amends in one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history. “The survivors of the …

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Oklahoma declines to discuss a settlement of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors' lawsuit
1 year, 5 months ago

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

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Oklahoma says it won't discuss a settlement with …

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Tulsa race massacre survivors vow appeal after years-in-the-making lawsuit dismissed
1 year, 6 months ago

Tulsa race massacre survivors vow appeal after years-in-the-making lawsuit dismissed

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re certainly going to appeal this case, what …

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Judge Dismisses Reparations Lawsuit For Tulsa Race Massacre
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge Dismisses Reparations Lawsuit For Tulsa Race Massacre

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. “The city remains committed to finding the graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims, fostering economic investment in the Greenwood District, educating future generations …

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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Associated Press  

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. “The city remains committed to finding the graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims, fostering economic investment in the Greenwood District, educating future generations about the worst …

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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

LA Times  

In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of …

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GOP School Official Tells Teachers How They Can Discuss Tulsa Race Massacre
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP School Official Tells Teachers How They Can Discuss Tulsa Race Massacre

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Teaching kids about the Tulsa Race Massacre is completely fine, according to Oklahoma school Superintendent Ryan Walters. At a forum in Norman, Oklahoma, on Thursday, a resident asked Walters how teaching about the massacre — in which scores of white vigilantes terrorized a Black neighborhood over the course of two days — didn’t run afoul of the …

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Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoir
1 year, 6 months ago

Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest living Tulsa Race Massacre victim, publishes memoir

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Being a centenarian hasn’t slowed down Viola Ford Fletcher’s pursuit of justice. In the last couple of years, Fletcher has traveled internationally, testified before Congress and supported a lawsuit for reparations — all part of a campaign for accountability over the massacre that destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s original “Black Wall Street” in 1921, when she was a child. …

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Judge lets Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit proceed
2 years, 8 months ago

Judge lets Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit proceed

Associated Press  

An Oklahoma judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, bringing new hope for some measure of justice for three survivors of the deadly racist rampage who are now over 100 years old and were in the courtroom for the decision. The lawsuit “In public nuisance cases, it is clear either criminal …

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Globalisation and cultural memory
3 years, 2 months ago

Globalisation and cultural memory

The Hindu  

O ur identities, both individual and collective, rest on public memory. Known as the Negro Wall Street of America in early 20th century, Tulsa was home to 11,000 black people; one-tenth of the town’s population, “spanned 35 black areas close to 200 businesses, 31 restaurants, more than two dozen grocery stores, 5 hotels, 4 drug stores and 2 theatres, 1 …

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New York Gallery Hosting A Tulsa Race Massacre Exhibit Is Vandalized With White Paint
3 years, 7 months ago

New York Gallery Hosting A Tulsa Race Massacre Exhibit Is Vandalized With White Paint

NPR  

New York Gallery Hosting A Tulsa Race Massacre Exhibit Is Vandalized With White Paint A New York City art gallery featuring tributes to those who were killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was vandalized with white paint in what owners have described as hate speech. Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo said in an Instagram post that either …

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Tulsa Race Massacre: Biden urges Americans to reflect on the 'roots of racial terror in our nation'
3 years, 7 months ago

Tulsa Race Massacre: Biden urges Americans to reflect on the 'roots of racial terror in our nation'

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden told Americans to reflect on the 'roots of racial terror' in a White House proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Federal lawmakers and civil rights leaders traveled to Tulsa on Monday where hundreds of people gathered to dedicate a prayer wall outside Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church. Jesse Jackson meets people after the …

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100 years after Tulsa race massacre, wounds of Black survivors and descendants are still open
3 years, 7 months ago

100 years after Tulsa race massacre, wounds of Black survivors and descendants are still open

Firstpost  

The six miles between the old and new incarnations of Black Wall Street belie the dire connection that links them: Racial and socioeconomic inequality on Tulsa’s north side has its roots in the 100-year-old atrocity of the Tulsa Race Massacre. So, I say it’s time for us to put Black Wall Street out there.” The six miles between the old …

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