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Lawsuits
In 2003, a lawsuit was filed in Federal Court as a result of the 2001 Riot Commission which recommended that the state of Oklahoma
enact restorative measures, but the court ruled against the plaintiffs in 2004 stating that the two-year statute of limitations had been
exceeded. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. On September 1, 2020, survivors and descendants of the Greenwood
Massacre filed a public nuisance lawsuit in the Tulsa County District Court seeking reparations based on the city and state government's
complicity in the massacre, but the case was dismissed in July 2023 but then appealed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court which heard oral arguments
in April 2024.
June 12, 2024 The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses the case, ruling that the grievances of the plaintiffs,
although legitimate, did not fall under the scope of Oklahoma's public nuisance statute nor did the grievances sufficiently support a claim
for unjust enrichment by the defendants.
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Sources
| [1] Brown, D. (2021, February 04). Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled. How a Pandemic of Racial Terror Led to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. American Experience. PBS. |
| https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/t-town-red-summer-racist-mobs/ |
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| [2] Burch, R., Reid, R., & Ferguson, K. (Producers). (2021). Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later [Video]. PBS. |
| https://www.pbs.org/video/tulsa-race-massacre-100-years-later-vdv9tx |
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| [3] Silvers, J., Brown, D., & Stover, E. (Producers). (2021). Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten [Video]. PBS. |
| https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-zew2v8 |
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| [4] PBS News. (2024, June 12). Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit from Last 2 Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Seeking Reparations. |
| https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/oklahomas-supreme-court-dismisses-lawsuit-from-last-2-survivors-of-tulsa-race-massacre-seeking-reparations |
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