Tulsa, OK's new mayor proposes $ 100 million private trust for descendants of 1921 race massacre

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06/01/25

Tulsa's new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to 'repair' impact of 1921 Race Massacre​



TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.



The plan by Mayor Monroe Nichols , the first Black mayor of Oklahoma’s second-largest city, would not provide direct cash payments to descendants or the last two centenarian survivors of the attack that killed as many as 300 Black people. He made the announcement at the Greenwood Cultural Center, located in the once-thriving district of North Tulsa that was destroyed by a white mob.
Nichols said he does not use the term reparations, which he calls politically charged, characterizing his sweeping plan instead as a “road to repair.”


“For 104 years, the Tulsa Race Massacre has been a stain on our city’s history,” Nichols said Sunday after receiving a standing ovation from several hundred people. “The massacre was hidden from history books, only to be followed by the intentional acts of redlining, a highway built to choke off economic vitality and the perpetual underinvestment of local, state and federal governments.
“Now it’s time to take the next big steps to restore.”

Nichols said the proposal wouldn’t require city council approval, although the council would need to authorize the transfer of any city property to the trust, something he said was highly likely.
The private charitable trust would be created with a goal to secure $105 million in assets, with most of the funding either secured or committed by June 1, 2026. Although details would be developed over the next year by an executive director and a board of managers, the plan calls for the bulk of the funding, $60 million, to go toward improving buildings and revitalizing the city’s north side.


“The Greenwood District at its height was a center of commerce,” Nichols said in a telephone interview. “So what was lost was not just something from North Tulsa or the Black community. It actually robbed Tulsa of an economic future that would have rivaled anywhere else in the world.”
Nichols’ proposal follows an executive order he signed earlier this year recognizing June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, an official city holiday. Events Sunday in the Greenwood District included a picnic for families, worship services and an evening candlelight vigil.
Nichols also realizes the current national political climate, particularly President Trump's sweeping assault on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, poses challenging political crosswinds.

“The fact that this lines up with a broader national conversation is a tough environment,” Nichols admitted, “but it doesn’t change the work we have to do.”

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This is one that I hope does get passed for Black Americans. I don't side with y'all on all of them, but this is one that I hope does get some actual traction and get passed.
 

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Crazy how little traction this thread gets in an hour. I'll be following closely.
 
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How many descendants are there?

Hopeful they get it but Oklahoma is dirt poor. Them whites are going to fight this tooth and nail because once you admit and pay $$$$ for something like this, it opens the floodgates confronting past anti-Black hate attacks.

It's why we can't move forward on progressive politics. Blacks can't just pretend the past didn't happen and move towards kumbaya shyt. We gotta deal with race...FIRST.....and then talk about class division (really 99% versus 1%).
 

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Peanuts , & it will never pay out . The man will never give the negro anything
 

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If you think white people in Tulsa are gonna let that happen, I have a very profitable bridge on discount, this weekend only!
 
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