The report was based on the Justice Department’s review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of ...
On the Friday morning before Donald Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were ...
Survivors of the 1921 massacre and their descendants contemplate the meaning of reparations in today’s Tulsa, Okla.
On May 31, 1921, a white mob violently attacked the black Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood, which included a ...
An historical marker in dedication of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre is seen along Greenwood Avenue, on June 18, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa marks Juneteenth this year with activities and festival ...
Police arrested the man who was alleged to have assaulted the woman, according to the Justice Department report, which said ...
“The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as a civil rights ... “In 1921, white Tulsans murdered hundreds of residents of Greenwood, burned their homes and churches, looted their belongings and ...
Still, Clarke is expected to meet with members of the Greenwood District, as well as survivors and descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre now that the report has been released. “This report lays ...
The establishment of the (national monument) serves as a critical step toward recognition and commemoration, providing a ...
Damario Solomon-Simmons, an attorney for the last known survivors of the massacre, Viola Fletcher ... and historian who wrote a book about Tulsa’s Greenwood district, said there is value in ...
Advertisement "The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as a civil rights ... "In 1921, white Tulsans murdered hundreds of residents of Greenwood, burned their homes and churches, looted their ...
The DOJ said it would be meeting with Greenwood District officials, survivors and descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tulsa civil rights community and other stakeholders to discuss the probe.