Tulsa mayor backs reparations plan for ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre victims

Nonprofit renews push to restore neighborhood after Tulsa Race Massacre

Project Greenwood seeks to restore Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, by bringing new investments and connecting with descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The area was once known as "Black Wall Street." A recent review by the DOJ confirmed the attack was executed militarily to destroy the Black community. Tulsa’s mayor supports the new plan. Full Story A nonprofit organization, Justice for Greenwood, is working to revitalize Tulsa, Ok…

Tulsa mayor backs reparations plan for ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre victims

Monroe Nichols supports “significant elements” of the measure to recompense the families of Black people killed or left homeless by the 1921 race massacre.

Justice for Greenwood unveils ‘Project Greenwood’ to honor Tulsa Race Massacre victims

Justice for Greenwood has launched Project Greenwood, a plan to honor Tulsa Race Massacre victims and descendants through compensation, business programs, and a new trauma center in Greenwood.

"Project Greenwood" reparations package gains Mayor's support

TULSA, Okla.–Justice for Greenwood unveiled a wide-ranging reparations package Tuesday, dubbed “Project Greenwood,” that it wants the City of Tulsa to enact while the two last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre remain alive. In an emailed statement, newly elected Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols signaled support for the initiative. The proposal is based […] The post “Project Greenwood” reparations package gains Mayor’s support appeared f…

Tulsa's new mayor backs 'significant elements' of plan for city to do more over Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa’s new mayor on Tuesday backed doing more for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their descendants but stopped short of saying how he believes the city should further address one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history. Monroe Nichols, who in November was elected the first Black mayor of Oklahoma’s second-largest city, said in a statement he supports “significant elements” of a broad proposal dubbed Project Greenwood, named for…

Plan to help Tulsa Race Massacre victims and descendants unveiled

The plan calls for land determined to be illegally taken to be returned to families.