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Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations

A live TV news station covering breaking news and traffic for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Southern Colorado with a strong investigative team The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre seeking reparations. The court upheld a previous decision by a district court judge in Tulsa last year. The survivors, who are now over 100 years old, had hoped to sue in 2020 for reparations in an attempt to make the city of Tulsa and others responsible for the destruction by a white mob. A third plaintiff, Hughes Van Ellis, died last year at age 102.

Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations. The nine-member court on Wednesday upheld the decision made by a district court judge in Tulsa last year. The suit was an attempt to force the city of Tulsa and others to make recompense for the destruction by a white mob of the once-thriving Black district known as Greenwood. The two survivors of the attack, who are both now over 100 years old, sued in 2020 with the hope of seeing what their attorney called “justice in their lifetime.” A third plaintiff, Hughes Van Ellis, died last year at ag 102.


विषय: Lawsuits, Supreme Court

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