Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says
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Damario Solomon-Simmons poses for a portrait at the memorial for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Tulsa, Okla. Solomon-Simmons is the author of a new book about reparations over the Tulsa Race Massacre (AP Photo/Milo Gladstein)This photo provided by The University of Tulsa and taken from the roof of the Tulsa Hotel shows a crowd gathering to watch the fire in the morning of June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Okla. (The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library/Department of Special Collections and University Archives via AP)This photo provided by The University of Tulsa shows two armed men walking away from a billowing cloud of smoke during the Tulsa Race Massacre, June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Okla. (The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library/Department of Special Collections and University Archives via AP)Damario Solomon-Simmons poses for a portrait at The Root Co-working space on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Tulsa, Okla. Solomon-Simmons is the author of a new book about reparations over the Tulsa Race Massacre (AP Photo/Milo Gladstein)This photo provided by The University of Tulsa shows ruins after the Tulsa Race Massacre, June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Okla. (The University of Tulsa McFarlin Library/Department of Special Collections and University Archives via AP)
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Damario Solomon-Simmons poses for a portrait at the memorial for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Tulsa, Okla. Solomon-Simmons is the author of a new book about reparations over the Tulsa Race Massacre (AP Photo/Milo Gladstein)
