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Lessie Benningfield Randle was just 6 when she watched her home town go up in flames. Now at 106, her testimony may make way for reparations to be paid.
On May 31, 1921, an angry mob of white Tulsans stormed the prosperous Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the massacre, the people of Greenwood rebuilt the town without any financial assistance from the City of Tulsa.
Randle, known as âMother Randleâ to the Justice for Greenwood Foundation â a group that advocates for reparations to be paid to the massacre survivors and descendants â stated in the February lawsuit that the events of the massacre have caused her to experience âemotional and physical distress that continues to this day.â The lawsuit also states that Tulsa government officials are âenriching themselves by promoting the site of the massacre as a tourist attraction.â
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