Oklahoma Supreme Court hears appeal in Tulsa Race Massacre reparations case

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Justice for victims, survivors, and descendants of one of the worst racial incidents in US history. The latest in a lawsuit against the institutions that were directly involved with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. On Tuesday the Oklahoma Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a case to appeal a judge’s decision to not let survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre proceed with their case against those responsible. “It is the hearing at the Supreme Court, Oklahoma Supreme Court, for the last two survivors in their court case for them to be able to make their argument for reparations,” said Kode Ransom, Co-Owner of the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge. The two last known living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre are carrying on in their lawsuit against the City of Tulsa and other institutions that played a direct role in this massacre. “This is pretty much the last step in being able to prove or proceed and prove our case,” said Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, a founding Board Member of Justice for Greenwood. Dr. Crutcher says this lawsuit is not new. “It’s been four years since we filed our case, the public nuisance case for the historic...