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Miller (@millerej_11) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/millerej_11\/status\/1300866201967448064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 1, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESurvivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their descendants made waves yesterday when they announced \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/solomonsimmons\/1921-tulsa-race-massacre-lawsuit_press?e=%5BUNIQID%5D\u0022\u003Ea lawsuit\u003C\/a\u003E against the City of Tulsa and other government entities in Oklahoma, seeking redress for the destruction of the Greenwood community. The lawsuit, filed by the legal team Justice for Greenwood Advocates, cites \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\u0022\u003Erecent research\u003C\/a\u003E from Human Rights Watch and helps bring to light the Tulsa government\u2019s direct involvement in one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor generations, the massacre was absent from Oklahoma history books and the facts of the attack were deliberately covered up. The announcement of the lawsuit\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 which builds on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/375544\u0022\u003Eefforts of Black Tulsans\u003C\/a\u003E to increase awareness of their plight and achieve justice\u00a0 \u2014made international headlines, including coverage by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/apnews.com\/78853965caa9a4956bed52391a358915\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAssociated Press\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/01\/us\/tulsa-race-massacre-lawsuit.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2020\/09\/02\/tulsa-race-massacre-lawsuit-survivors\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/sep\/01\/tulsa-massacre-1921-oklahoma-lawsuit\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theroot.com\/survivors-and-descendants-of-the-1921-tulsa-massacre-fi-1844918260\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Root\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EA 105-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and some victims\u0027 descendants are demanding reparations, arguing that the city\u0027s current racial and economic disparities can be traced back to the violence in what was known as Black Wall Street. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/KC8ucTQ1Ud\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/KC8ucTQ1Ud\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Sanjana Karanth (@sanjanakaranth) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanjanakaranth\/status\/1301234050552795136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u201cThe police chief deputized 500 men, all white, from the crowd that gathered as a potential lynch mob. These newly empowered men looted, burned, and killed with that police authority.\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/merrillcollege?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@merrillcollege\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TulsaRaceMassacre?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#TulsaRaceMassacre\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopKillingUs?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#StopKillingUs\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#BlackLivesMatter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/bynXNEjpv8\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/bynXNEjpv8\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 DeNeen Brown (@DeNeenLBrown) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeNeenLBrown\/status\/1301169656326127619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003ESeptember 2, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDamario Solomon Simmons, the lead attorney in the lawsuit, said that the race massacre \u201cdeprived Black Tulsans of their sense of security, hard-won economic power and vibrant community\u201d \u2014 and that the government\u2019s role in the destruction has created a public nuisance that has not abated.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe nuisance has led to the devaluation of property in Greenwood and has resulted in significant racial disparities in every quality of life metric\u00a0 \u2014 life expectancy, health, unemployment, education level, and financial security,\u201d he said. \u201cThe defendants in this case have continued the Massacre in slow motion for nearly a century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn May, Human Rights Watch released \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/case-reparations-tulsa-oklahoma#_Toc41573976\u0022\u003E\u201cThe Case for Reparations in Tulsa, Oklahoma,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E which details the destruction that left hundreds of people, the vast majority of them Black, dead and more than 1,200 black-owned houses burned down in Tulsa\u2019s Greenwood neighborhood, then known as \u201cBlack Wall Street.\u201d Human Rights Watch also described some of the subsequent policies and structural racism that prevented Greenwood and the broader North Tulsa community from thriving.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our years of research in Tulsa reveal a city whose Black community is still reeling from the devastation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and suffering under pervasive racial discrimination that continues to this day,\u0022 Human Rights Watch\u2019s Nicole Austin-Hillery said yesterday.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/race-justice-and-elections-us-live-updates\u0022\u003ERead the Human Rights Watch report \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]