Some members of the mob had been deputized and armed by city officials. In the span of about 24 hours between May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob descended on Greenwood, a successful black economic hub in Tulsa, Oklahoma then-known as “Black Wall Street,” and burned it to the ground. Right to an Effective Remedy and the Tulsa Race MassacreĪddressing Ongoing Structural Racism and the Legacy of Slaveryįull Report: The Case for Reparations in Tulsa International Human Rights Law and Past Reparations Examples The Call for Reparations and Legal Justice
The Fight for Reparations and Economic Justice in Tulsa Reverend Robert Turner of the historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, damaged in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, leads a reconciliatory pilgrimage of sorts from the Vernon AME to Tulsa City Hall every Wednesday, demanding “reparations now.” © 2019 Ian Maule/Tulsa World
