The suit relies on the proposition that what happened in Tulsa s Greenwood neighborhood on June 1, 1921, and has continued to happen ever since, constitutes a public nuisance.
(TULSA, Okla.) — Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, both 109 years old, went to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. “We are grateful that […]