City officials, historians and the courts acknowledge that the massacre has led to generations of racial inequity in Tulsa.
Calls for reparations in Tulsa are longstanding and have resulted in apologies, a scholarship program and other actions, but not direct financial redress.
The last two known survivors of the massacre, now centenarians, have pursued reparations through the courts, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed their case in June.
Two reports — one from a commission created by the State Legislature in 2001 and one by a group of Tulsa residents in 2023 — recommended reparations, including financial compensation.
The commission announced Thursday, named the Beyond Apology Commission, follows the 2023 report’s calls for the city to create a group to examine and carry out a reparations program.
Persons:
Greenwood, —, G.T, Bynum
Organizations:
Oklahoma Supreme, State Legislature, Republican
Locations:
Tulsa, Oklahoma