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Nine days before the Remember & Rise event at Tulsa’s ONEOK field was set to take place, an attorney who represents a group of Race Massacre survivors dramatically increased a ....
The focus of events marking the anniversary of the attack on Greenwood should be on justice for massacre survivors, not "entertainment," attorneys say. ....
After months of zero communication and under immense pressure that John Legend and Stacey Abrams may no longer participate if the survivors were not centered, a Zoom call with 10 people was scheduled for Saturday. Immediately following that call our legal team submitted a list of seven requests to ensure the survivors participation with the Commission s scheduled events, Solomon-Simmons said in a prepared statement. Attorney requested $1 million for each living survivor, pledge for Greenwood funding Friday, Solomon-Simmons, a Tulsa native and lead attorney for a reparations lawsuit filed in 2020 on behalf of the survivors and their descendants, told The Oklahoman that he and his co-counsel requested but did not demand funds for survivors and their heirs from the centennial commission. The attorney sent The Oklahoman a copy of an email he sent to the commission asking the group to agree to give $1 million to each of the three living massacre survivors. ....