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July 10, 2023

Oklahoma Judge Tosses Reparations Suit by Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre
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A judge in Oklahoma has dismissed a reparations lawsuit from the last
three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, in which a white
mob burned down what was known as "Black Wall Street," the thriving
African American neighborhood of Greenwood. An estimated 300 Black
Americans were killed. The three plaintiffs - Lessie Benningfield
Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis - all over 100 years old,
could still appeal the ruling. Next month, 109-year-old Viola Fletcher
is releasing her memoir, "Don't Let Them Bury My Story."


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