#tulsa race massacre

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

-fae

#black lives matter #blm #black lives still matter #tulsa race massacre #tulsa riots

[mermazeablaze]

I thought some of my Tumblr mutuals would be interested to see this article.

Viola Ford Fletcher, aged 109, just published a memoir 'Don't Let Them Bury My Story' about her experience during the Greenwood/Tulsa Massacre. It will be available for purchase August 15th.

"Her memoir, “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story,” is a call to action for readers to pursue truth, justice and reconciliation no matter how long it takes. Written with graphic details of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that she witnessed at age seven, Fletcher said she hoped to preserve a narrative of events that was nearly lost to a lack of acknowledgement from mainstream historians and political leaders.

The questions I had then remain to this day,” Fletcher writes in the book. “How could you just give a mob of violent, crazed, racist people a bunch of deadly weapons and allow them — no, encourage them — to go out and kill innocent Black folks and demolish a whole community?”

“As it turns out, we were victims of a lie,” she writes.

Fletcher notes in her memoir just how much history she has lived through — from several virus outbreaks preceding the coronavirus pandemic, to the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 to every war and international conflict of the last seven decades. She has watched the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the national Civil Rights Movement, seen the historic election of former President Barack Obama and witnessed the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement."

#Tulsa Race Massacre #Tulsa Race Riot #Greenwood #Black Wall Street #1921 #Oklahoma #Viola Ford Fletcher #Don't Let Them Bury My Story #Book #Memoir #Novel #Library #History #Black Lives Matter #BLM

[uvmagazine]

An Oklahoma judge has dismissed the reparations lawsuit filed by the last three known survivors of the Tulsa race massacre on Friday, court records show.

The three had sued the City of Tulsa, other groups, and officials over the opportunities taken from them when the city’s Greenwood neighborhood was burned to the ground in 1921.

Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and her brother, Hughes Van Ellis, 102, were among the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs maintaned that the damage inflicted during the massacre was a “public nuisance” from the start and were seeking relief from that nuisance as well as to “recover for unjust enrichment” others have gained from the “exploitation of the massacre.

The family attorneys are expected to address the possibility of an appeal.

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#Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre #TulsaRaceRiots #reparations #lawsuit #unheardvoicesmag

#Tulsa #tulsa race massacre #social justice #unheardvoicesmag #reparations #lawsuits #black lives matter

[thechanelmuse]

"Mother” Lessie Benningfield Randle (Nov 10) 🥳🌹💐

She is still awaiting with two other survivors —Viola Fletcher, 108, and Hughes “Uncle Red” Vann Ellis, 101— to succeed in receiving beyond overdo reparations for the Oklahoma state-sanctioned domestic terrorism with bomb dropping, gun-toting, fire setting, bat swinging racial violence against Black Americans of the 35-block area in Greenwood District (aka Negro Wall Street or Black Wall Street) and their businesses in 1921, as well as awaiting for the federal (and state) debt owed for reparations for chattel slavery, genocide, stolen wealth, land theft, medical experimentations, domestic terrorism, redlining. I can go on and on, but I’ll stop there. 

#mother randle #leslie benningfield randle #tulsa race massacre

[readyforevolution]

#blacktumblr #tulsa race massacre #black history

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#tulsa race massacre #tulsa massacre #Tulsa survivors #American history #racism #BLM #Republican racists #Southern racists #Neo-confederate assholes #confederate sympathizers #kkk #republican assholes #republican hypocrisy #crooked donald #vote blue

[odinsblog]

LOL. He shut that dumb shit all the way down.

The man speaking behind the lectern is noted American economist and social science researcher, William A. Darity, Jr., Ph.D. (source)

#william darity #racial stereotypes #casual racism #aversive racism #tulsa race massacre #tulsa

[reverseracism]

#tulsa race massacre #tulsaoklahoma

[reasoningdaily]

GREENWOOD, Dist. – On the 102nd anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition honors unknown victims with a solemn soil collection ceremony at Standpipe Hill in the Historic Greenwood District. The gathered soil, collected from both Standpipe Hill and Oaklawn Cemetery, honors those whose lives were tragically lost during this dark and painful moment in history.

The exact number of victims who perished in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 remains unknown. However, estimations range from 300 to upwards of 500. The event, which took place over a two-day period from May 31 to June 1, resulted in widespread destruction and loss of life in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as “Black Wall Street.” However, due to the chaotic nature of the massacre, the destruction of records, and a lack of comprehensive investigations, an accurate and final count of the victims has never been determined.

Recent efforts to uncover the full extent of the tragedy continue, including through forensic investigations and testimonies from survivors and their descendants.

Greg Robinson, a member of the Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition, emphasized the significance of gathering at Standpipe Hill. “It is amazing that we honor those unknown who were lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre. That we do it here on truly sacred ground – that actually represents the greatness of what Black Wall Street was, is and will be into the future,” Robinson shared. He then honored the American World War I veterans who lost their lives. “It is not lost on us that we honor veterans on this day as well,” Robinson added. 

During the ceremony, Kristi Williams, a member of the Tulsa Remembrance Coalition and a descendant of the massacre, delivered a poignant reading. Through her words, she reminded everyone in attendance of the historical significance of the Tulsa Race Massacre and shed light on the countless victims whose identities have been lost to time, emphasizing the need to remember and honor them.

“Less than two dozen victims have been documented by name, but research has estimated that hundreds of Black men, women and children died in the massacre,” Williams sternly explained. 

During Williams’ address, she shared an intriguing detail about the majestic hackberry tree standing tall on Standpipe Hill. She then revealed that this remarkable tree possesses a special ability to grow thick bark over the areas that were once damaged by fire, creating a protective shield against future harm, explaining that its resilient characteristic serves as a metaphor for the community’s ability to heal and endure in the face of adversity.

Williams proceeded to recount the heroic tale of Horace ‘Peg leg’ Taylor, a World War I veteran. She described how Taylor courageously positioned himself atop Standpipe Hill, wielding a gatling gun, and valiantly defended the hill for hours, providing a vital shield for the residents of Greenwood as they sought to escape from the violent White mob.

US Veteran Kenneth ‘K.Roc’ Brant, who works for the Terence Crutcher Foundation, shared a deeply personal reflection on the mental struggle he faced during the Centennial of the Massacre back in 2021. 

He recounted the challenge of honoring both the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the veterans during the centennial commemoration, which coincided with Memorial Day weekend. 

“That weekend weighed heavily on me. [I was] torn as a Black military veteran and a Black man living in Tulsa,” Brant shared. At the ceremony, Brant recited a poem he wrote called “Holding Space” to express the thoughts and feelings he experienced. “This weekend, we remembered that some gave all. Here in Tulsa, we remembered that some took all. How do I hold space for both?” Brant said.

Brant’s individual story sheds light on the emotional and psychological battle he endured during his time in service and while navigating the complexities of what Black soldiers experienced during the Massacre upon their return to Tulsa after WWI.

#Honoring Unknown Victims of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre #tulsa #white hate #race massacre #american white hate #Black Lives Matter #Tulsa race massacre

[black-is-beautiful18]

What do you mean the Tulsa Race Massacre didn’t have anything to do with race??? ITS RIGHT THERE IN THE NAME!!! All accounts we have of the evil act had to do with race. Like let’s be freaking fr and use our brains. Everyday y’all make me wish I had a time machine.

#tulsa race massacre #like what??? #don’t even make no sense #next thing you know they gon say slavery wasn’t about race #like oh brother ��� #unique writes

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

When Tom Hanks found out about the Tulsa Massacre.

-fae

#tulsa race massacre #black Wallstreet

[benandstevesposts]

After A Lifetime Of Facing Hate In Its Many Forms - Lady Gets To Tell All About It!

#black lives matter #black lgbt #aclu #black stories #black history #cnn #black pride #black tumblr #black man #blacklivesmatter #black woman #tulsa massacre #tokyo in tulsa #tulsa king #tulsa race massacre #tulsa oklahoma #compton #civil rights movement #civil liberties #american civil liberties union #freedom of speech #freedom #stop prejudice #racial prejudice #prejudices #hate group #hate crime #hate #killing #dramatical murder

[thechanelmuse]

Hughes "Uncle Redd" Van Ellis (1921-2023) ❤️🕊

Mr. Hughes was a WWll combat veteran and one of the last three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, in which jealous European-American mobs went into the thriving, economic, 35-block area of the Greenwood district created by Black Americans (survivors and descendants of American chattel slavery) in Tulsa, Oklahoma known as “Black Wall Street,” and looted, burned & bombed it to the ground and murdered Black Americans through government sanction.

Justice for the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors has been intentionally slow-moving for over a century now to insure injustice is given to those who survived it. Even to the point where people try to bury the history or give a revisionist lie of it being a race riot. But just as reparations for US chattel slavery (perpetual ownership passed on through birth as someone's property and form of capital through labor and body), the debt is still owed from the US government.

The stolen generational wealth from forced labor, the stolen wealth from the Freedmen's bank ($93 million today) amongst other things, the stolen land to this day, and the continued remnants of slavery (including, Jim Crow, ethnocide and genocide) that are government sanctioned in our homeland our ancestors built from scratch. The debt will always be owed until it's paid. A debt doesn't die.

Reparations are currently happening at a slow pace across a number of states and municipality levels as of now, but at the same time we have to fight against Pan-African and obstructionist Democrats to ensure it's lineage-based for Black Americans only, direct cash payments to remove any hiccups, and protective policies our ancestors should've always had and we should've inherited.

When you don't have protective policies on the books for the largest ethnic group who descends from America and strip/impede on their potential accumulation of wealth and assets to pass down to their families, what do their descendants inherit?👂🏽

Some survivors and the descendants of Black Wall Street tried to rebuild their district, but when you're stripped of your wealth and "urban renewal" starts intruding I-244 called "Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway" 😒 into your land, you can imagine the results. Mr. Hughes inherited displacement and poverty, passed down poverty to his family, and died in poverty. Mama Viola Fletcher, 109 (who is the sister of Mr. Hughes pictured above) and Mama Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, are the last two survivors and still in the fight. They, too, live in poverty.

The passing of Mr. Hughes and our Black American ancestors will never go in vain as we continue to stand 10 toes down for them and us and see it through.

Rest easy, Uncle Redd (Jan. 11, 1921 - Oct. 9, 2023) ❤️🕊

This was his testimony before Congress in 2021:

#hughes van ellis #tulsa race massacre #tulsa survivors #black wall street #reparations #american history #black american history

[thundergrace]

Now how does that work???

#tulsa race massacre

[baronmagikcarp]

There's a case before the Oklahoma Supreme Court right now (Case No. SD-121502). It's brought by a group of people against the City of Tulsa, the Tulsa Regional Chamber, the Sheriff, and some others. It's arguing the Tulsa Race Massacre is an ongoing nuisance (be aware, that has slightly different meaning in legal terms other than, "kind of annoying") and that the defendants have benefited it both in 1921 through to today. I'll quote straight from Section I, Paragraph I of the original case (Case No. CV-2020-1179):

Plaintiffs seek a court order, as authorized by Oklahoma's Public Nuisance Law, Okla. Stat. tit. 50 § 1, requiring Defendants to abate the public nuisance of racial disparities, economic inequalities, insecurity, and trauma their unlawful actions and omissions caused in 1921 and continue to cause ninety-nine years after the Massacre (A/N: this was filed in 2020).

It then goes on to lay out in Section I just what they're talking about. It's really good reading and I 100% agree with them but the part that just made me cackle a little was this in Section 1, Paragraph 4:

To add to the Plaintiffs' other injuries, in 2016 the Defendants began enriching themselves by promoting the site of the Massacre as a tourist attraction, obtaining funds to do so, as well as aiding in obtaining funds to create a history center of which Defendants will have a central role. The residents of Greenwood neighborhood and North Tulsa have reaped no significant direct benefits from Defendants' appropriation of the Massacre.

I love it. It's a fantastic call out of, "You ignored it for 80 years, kicked it around for another decade or so, and then decided to make a buck off what happened, while trying to look like you were 'doing something' about what it caused."

It's at the state Supreme Court because it's Oklahoma and of course the lower courts threw it out (after waiting almost three years to hear it) and I don't have a lot of faith that it's going to go anywhere but it's nice to see it getting called out.

If you feel like reading the whole thing, here's the initial case:

The filings are down the page a little.

#tulsa race massacre

[odinsblog]

🗣️Judge Caroline Wall is a racist piece of garbage

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.

Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit trying to force the city and others to make recompense for the destruction of the once-thriving Black district known as Greenwood.

The order comes in a case by three survivors of the attack, who are all now over 100 years old and sued in 2020 with the hope of seeing what their attorney called "justice in their lifetime.”

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#politics #racism #caroline wall #tulsa race massacre #greenwood #tulsa #reparations #oklahoma #greenwood street #black wall street #blacklivesmatter