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Tulsa mayor unveils $105M race massacre reparations plan

Democratic Oklahoma mayor unveils $100 million reparations-style plan for 1921 Tulsa race riot

The Democratic mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, released a plan seeking to compensate descendants of residents affected by racial violence over a century ago. On Sunday, Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Road to Repair,

USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

Tulsa mayor unveils reparation plan to 'repair' community at center of 1921 Race Massacre

The massacre is reported to have started with an accusation that Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old shoe-shiner, assaulted a white female teenager in an elevator. Decades later, the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot Commission concluded, Sarah Page, 17, was interviewed by police but made no allegations of assault.

The Associated Press on MSN · 6h

Tulsa’s first-ever Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921 Race Massacre

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was a taboo subject when Ed Wheeler's story published in 1971

The late Ed Wheeler, a retired Oklahoma National Guard brigadier general and former Tulsa Community College history ...

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Tulsa Race Massacre — This Happened: May 31

On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, began in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, ...

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The Tulsa Race Massacre Happened 99 Years Ago. Here’s What to Read About It.

‘Unearthing a Riot’ [The New York Times] A wall of silence surrounded the Tulsa race riot, which was instigated in part by the city itself, reported Brent Staples, by permitting and aiding the ...

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Tulsa race massacre survivors praise DOJ investigation revealing 'truth' but disappointed no charges recommended

Devastation of Greenwood District after Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma in June 1921. Universal Images Group via Getty Images "While it hasn't been easy for us to relive the pain, we are relieved to ...

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Judge throws out lawsuit for reparations over 1921 Tulsa race massacre

An Oklahoma judge threw out a lawsuit Friday that sought reparations for victims and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre ... for civil disobedience, riot, insurrection or rebellion ...

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3 more sets of remains tied to the 1921 Tulsa race riots found with gunshot wounds

Eleven additional sets of human remains have been found in connection with the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riots, three of which have gunshot wounds, the city said Friday. Two of the victims have ...

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This day in history

Beginning on the night of May 31, 1921, thousands of white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the city’s predominantly ...

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