Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Clear Legal Hurdle to Land in State Supreme Court
Judges will assess appeal for lawsuit seeking reparations for events that destroyed Black Wall Street in 1921
Hughes Van Ellis and Viola Fletcher are greeted by Al Sharpton in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court will review an appeal from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre who are seeking reparations for losses stemming from the attack on what was known as Black Wall Street.
Justices will decide whether the case should be sent back to the district court after it was dismissed last month, according to a Tuesday statement from the plaintiffs’ lawyers.