Phillip Jackson is a reporter on HuffPost's national desk covering social justice. Before this, he worked as a criminal justice reporter with the Baltimore Sun, as well as in Memphis and Philadelphia covering policing. Phillip can be reached at phillip.jackson@huffpost.
Oklahoma state Rep. Monroe Nichols is seen during a committee hearing in 2019 in Oklahoma City. Earlier this month, Nichols was elected the first Black mayor of Tulsa .Earlier this month, former Oklahoma state Rep. Monroe Nichols was elected the first Black mayor of Tulsa . Among other plans, Nichols wants to help heal a community still grappling with the legacy of a racist massacre that killed at least 300 people more than a century ago.
The DOJ review will assess what occurred during the riots. It is unclear if the review will lead directly to a local reparations effort.those affected by the riot. Under the leadership of Tulsa’s current mayor, G.T. Bynum, t Bynum has said people in Tulsa “view reparations as not just cash payments,” and that there is also interest in economic, educational and housing opportunities ― issues that Nichols named as his priorities during his campaign.“We’ve got to take this talk of reparations out of the political sense and focus on other areas,” heIt’s not clear whether any potential reparations would actually take the form of cash payments.
“We are excited because we want to see policies and laws implemented that benefit our community, and at the top of our list is justice and reparations for the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, particularly as it relates to the two living survivors,” Solomon-Simmons told HuffPost.
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