washington, the issue is being seriously debated and studied. >> the victims of this atrocity have been denied justice for far too long. >> there's only one reason why descendents of the tulsa massacre have not been compensated, and that reason is racism. >> this mural and half a city block are all that are left of greenwood, also known as black wall street. it was a city within a city where black businesses, art and culture thrived. in 18 hours, it was destroyed and burned to the ground by a racist mob. historians believe as many as 300 black residents were killed. >> what do reparations mean to you? >> reparations, what it means is to repair. we must have financial compensation to those who suffered the massacre. >> with the eyes of the world trained on tulsa, attorney mario simmons is fighting back, suing the city for restitution and