The lawsuit was originally filed in March 2021.
Highlights
- Plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrated a judge’s ruling on Monday when she allowed their case to move forward.
- A packed courtroom in Tulsa erupted in cheers and applause at the judge’s decision.
- The lawsuit was filed in March 2021 and looks to set the record straight on what took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, and create a special fund for survivors and descendants of the massacre.
- At least 300 Black people were killed and the once-booming neighborhood of Greenwood destroyed in the wake of the deadly race race race massacre.
- The defendants’ oppositions included arguments that the case lacks standing because some plaintiffs have not proven they suffered concrete personal injury.