Posts Tagged ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’
Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa race massacre reparations case filed by last known survivors
Black Tulsans who lost their homes and livelihoods in the 1921 race massacre don’t deserve reparations according to one judge.
Read MoreLawsuit seeking reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed
A lawsuit seeking reparations to address historical damage done by the 1921 Tulsa Massacre has been dismissed, as the survivors failed to provide proof of “individualized injury.”
Read MoreCultivating Tulsa’s Equitable Future
Plant Seads project, Tulsa’s Carver Middle School and the Dick Conner Correctional Center have together planted seedlings all throughout Tulsa to acknowledge the past and give people a sense that change and sustaining growth is possible.
Read MoreTulsa Race Massacre Victims Cemetery Search Concludes With Additional Graves Found [Update]
Only 26 death certificates exist for victims of Tulsa’s race massacre, but the city’s oldest cemetery may house more victims.
Read MoreExhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims
Work has resumed on exhuming remains belonging to victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre to identify them via DNA.
Read MoreMore DNA sought from remains of possible massacre victims
DNA testing will help identify remains of people killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which destroyed what was known as “Black Wall Street.”
Read MoreTulsa race massacre reparations lawsuit survives motion to deny and will move forward, judge rules
Survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are hopeful to have their chance to make the case for reparations after this ruling.
Read MoreThe panic over critical race theory is an attempt to whitewash U.S. history
In the same week when Juneteenth became a national holiday, schoolteachers in Texas, where the commemoration originally marked the end of slavery in that state, could teach about these events only at their peril. An author of the original Critical Race Theory explains the consequences of “erasing” the truth about our country’s history.
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