After months of stalling, the US Department of Justice finally agreed to investigate the Tulsa Race Massacre, in 1921. Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General made this bold declaration on October 2. This investigation would include a proper review of how hundreds of people were killed.
Tulsa Race Massacre Under DOJ Review for the First Time in U.S. History
On May 31, 1921, a host of white attackers invaded Tulsa where they ended the lives of about 300 people. Reportedly, victims of the mass killings were mostly blacks. Following the tragedy in Tulsa’s Greenwood area, the site was named “Black Wall Street.” It is believed that the massacre was a result of an assault perpetrated by a black man on a white woman. As history would have it, the retaliation was over the top. Apart from the destruction of lives, businesses were destroyed and buildings burnt.
In recent months, these women have sought justice for the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Attorney Damario Solomon Simmons representing the survivors confirmed that they know only 10% of what happened. First, they call on the authorities for justice. But they also want to establish who the perpetrators are. Since it is impossible to afford private attorneys, they look to the US Department of Justice.
But in July, a judge in the Oklahoma Supreme Court flung out their lawsuit. However, more than two months later, Per NBC News, Clarke affirmed their case would be heard. According to the Attorney General, an in-depth review will be conducted into the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Upon completion, the US Department of Justice will send out a report highlighting modern and previous existing civil rights. The Department of Justice will be backed by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. Under this act, they are allowed to review civil rights crimes that led to deaths before December 1979.
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