Yet still no repair for the living victims or the descendants. True, there are no living individuals who participated, but this was systemic, state-sponsored violence and the state remains. What is the purpose an investigation that tells us what we already know but doesn’t attempt to fix the harm?
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Phil Lewis
More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
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Not sure how efforts in Asheville are progressing since Helene hit.
https://www.ashevillenc.gov/department/city-clerk/boards-and-commissions/reparations-commission/