Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

On 28 February 2001, the state of Oklahoma publishes a report relating to the killing of three hundred African-American residents in Tulsa in 1921 in which it recommends that the state compensate the survivors. The riot began on 31 May 1921 as a result of clashes between a white lynch mob and the Black community who were protecting a man accused of assaulting a white lift operator. This resulted in two days of rioting, during which Tulsa was destroyed, forcing its Black residents to flee for their lives. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission's interim report (February 2000) asserted that the majority of commissioners supported the idea of reparations as 'good public policy […] to repair the emotional and physical scars of this terrible incident in our shared past'; a conclusion that is reiterated in its final report of 2001. Efforts to obtain reparations for the survivors have, however, failed.