More than 100 massacre survivors and their descendants filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Tulsa, the State of Oklahoma and others.
A federal judge ultimately agreed, citing the lawsuits filed by Mr. Franklin and others as evidence that Greenwood residents had already had their shot at restitution.
The duty of deciding whether to approve any kind of reparations package will fall to the California Legislature.
In Tulsa, Judge Wall recommended that the Greenwood survivors follow a similar route, pursuing justice through the legislative or executive branches.
But Oklahoma lawmakers have declined to support reparations bills advocated by state legislators in the past.
Persons:
Greenwood, Franklin, George Floyd’s, Damario Solomon, Simmons, Solomon, Wall
Organizations:
City, State of, Mr, Klan, Tulsa, Black, Oklahoma
Locations:
Tulsa, State, State of Oklahoma, California