Oklahoma superintendent suggests not teaching race in Tulsa Race Massacre lessons. Comments met with criticism. Massacre was a white supremacist attack that killed hundreds of Black residents & destroyed thousands of homes & businesses.
During the massacre, which took place in an affluent Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921,in one of the deadliest racially motivated attacks in U.S. history. The mob is believed to have killed around 300 people.
, with prejudice, meaning that they cannot file another lawsuit seeking different forms of reparations in the future. The lawsuit from three individuals who lived through the event — Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102 — alleged that the city of Tulsa failed to stop the white mob from attacking Black people and their neighborhood, essentially breaking public nuisance laws in the process.
. “The dismissal of this case is just one more example of how America’s, including Tulsa’s, legacy is disproportionately and unjustly borne by the Black community.”Truthout is one of the few remaining truly independent, subscription and ad-free news platforms left.With the support of our readers, we’re able to bring you up close to grassroots political struggles, keep an eye on right-wing threats to human rights, and provide news always in the pursuit of justice.
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