TULSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — The Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their legal team are announcing the next steps in their fight for reparations.
A press conference was held at 11 a.m. in the Greenwood Cultural Center today, June 2.
The lead attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle spoke at the presser.
The press conference also included:
- Randall Adams, Litigation Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
- Sara Sofanelli, Special Counsel for Pro Bono Initiatives, Schulte Roth & Zabel
- McKenzei Haynes, Litigation Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel
- Tiffany Crutcher, Massacre descendant; executive director, Terence Crutcher Foundation
It is the team’s first public response since the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed their historic lawsuit in June.
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