The campaign to bring restitution and repair to damage caused to the black community of Tuling helloblesContinue, as the mayor of the city has submitted a proposal to straighten the centenary atrocity. The central piece of Mayor Monroe Nichols’ The new plan is a private financing confidence that you plan to use to raise more than $ 100 million for the redevelopment of the city “Black Wall Street”.
“Road to repair” the Greenwood district of Tlosa
Nichols recently debuted his Road to repair Pla for the Greenwood district of Tulsa, the black quarter that was destroyed in a racist massacre of 1921. Nichols, the first black mayor in the city, announced the details of the plan during a ceremony commemorating the first day of the massacre observance of the TLLA race. Nichols plans to establish a private Greenwood Trust and collect $ 105 million in June 2026, the 105th anniversary of Greenwood’s destruction. The money located in the trust, as well as the salary of its executive director, would come from private sources and, therefore, would not require public approval.
The Trust would not provide individual cash repair payments to the last survivors of the TLosa massacre or their descendants; Instead, it would be used to revitalize the Greenwood area. Most of the money, of $ 60 million, would be dedicated to cultural preservation, focusing on projects such as building renewals. About $ 24 million would go to a housing fund, and the remaining $ 21 million would be used for land development scholarships, education scholarships and small business support scholarships.
The 1921 TLosa massacre destroyed the prosperous Greenwood district, also known as Black Wall Street in the city, killing hundreds of people potentially and moving more. Although it was largely ignored for decades, the massacre has received renewed national care in recent years. Local and federal authorities have been thrown investigation to the atrocity, with the TLSA authorities that explore the possible restoring For the victims and their families, but these processes have given little results so far. Only two acquaintances survivors Of the 1921 attack are still alive; Would not be paid directly through the current plan.
Providing restoration but not “repairs” per se
Outside of Tulles, other cities and even states have explored providing repairs for injustices such as slavery, segregation and violence against blacks. In 2021, the city of EvannstonIllinois, became the first city to grant repairs. The state of California He has carried out an extensive process towards repairs, although the significant recommendations that arise from this process have not yet been authorized by the State Government.
However, given the current political environment, in which programs and policies Protecting or benefiting blacks and other marginalized groups have been subjected to fire, repair programs have a harder climate. The Nichols Plan can avoid a part of this impulse based on private funds more than on public funds and avoiding the “repairs” label. Nichols acknowledges that “the fact that this is in line with a broader national conversation is a hard environment, but it does not change the work we have to do.”
The damage caused to the Black Community of Tlules has lasted for more than 100 years, and the campaign to straighten this error has gone through several phases in recent years. But as the city is led by its first black mayor, its repair plan may have a new way to address the mistakes that were made to TLSA and relive its Black Wall Street.
