In 2020, victims and descendants of Tulsa's 1921 massacre sought reparations for the destruction of a once-thriving Black district.
The lawsuit’s plaintiffs, Lessie Benningfield, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis, are the three last known survivors of the 1921 events. Their attorneys argued that the massacre contributed to generations of economic instability for the city’s Black community. Though many Black families fled Tulsa after the attack, those who remained were never compensated for their losses.
at the time. “What happened in 1921 was a really bad deal, and those people did not get a fair shake … but that was 100 years ago,” Tucker told the AP.Solfanelli argued that Wall’s dismissal order Friday “backpedaled” on her previous decision in 2022 that allowed the case to proceed.
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