Tulsa race massacre: Oklahoma judge dismisses reparations case

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Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors’ reparations lawsuit: report

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Reparations lawsuit filed by last three known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed

Lawsuit seeking reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre is dismissed

Oklahoma judge throws out a suit seeking reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre

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Lawsuit Seeking Reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre Dimissed

The US Justice Department's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced Monday that the Justice Department (DOJ) will, for the first time, investigate the race riots that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, between May 31 and June 1, 1921.

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Clarke is utilizing the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which allows the federal government to probe civil rights crimes that occurred before 1978.

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The Tulsa riots, also known as the Tusla Massacre, was an attack by a White mob against a Black neighborhood called Greenwood District, which was an economically thriving neighborhood and thus nicknamed "Black Wall Street."

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Over 24 hours, the mob of White people, some of whom were deputized by city officials, set fire to 35 square blocks of Greenwood, including Black-owned churches, businesses, homes, a library, a school, and a hospital. Hundreds of Black residents were also killed.

Following the riots, for which no one was charged with a crime, the city refused to sell Blacks construction materials to rebuild, leaving many destitute. Survivors of the attack sought reparations this year, but their lawsuit was denied by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Since its inception, the Emmett Till Act has led to 137 case reviews, 125 of which ended with prosecution, referral, or closure. However, the DOJ last year said legal barriers make it difficult to prosecute pre-1968 cases.

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