Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Flagship Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration is scrapped after survivors demanded $1 million each to appear and $50 million for reparations fund
Daily Mail ^ | 05 28 2021 | Holden Walter

Posted on 05/31/2021 10:27:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The commission sponsoring Monday's event initially agreed to $100,000 to each of the three survivors, along with $2 million in seed money for a reparations fund

State Sen. Kevin Matthews said that those requests were increased to $1 million each and $50 million for the fund, however, which couldn't be met

The commission had enlisted John Legend to headline the event and voting rights activist

Stacey Abrams was to deliver the keynote address

Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons says he submitted a list of requests to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission in order to have the survivors attend the 'Remember & Rise' event Monday at ONEOK Field in Tulsa

Solomon-Simmons is representing the survivors and their descendants in a lawsuit against the city of Tulsa and other defendants seeking reparations

The Tulsa Race Massacre left up to 300 people dead and burned the city's black neighborhood known as Greenwood to the ground on May 31, 1921

Other events scheduled to take place are still moving forward this week

Joe Biden is also scheduled to visit Tulsa on Tuesday for the anniversary

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; reparations; tulsaraceriots
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

1 posted on 05/31/2021 10:27:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Poverty pimps and race hustlers.


2 posted on 05/31/2021 10:28:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

“…The Tulsa Race Massacre left up to 300 people dead…”
*******************************************
I’ve seen this hugely exaggerated number debunked elsewhere.


3 posted on 05/31/2021 10:33:44 AM PDT by House Atreides
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen
I wonder how much Abrams was getting to be keynote speaker? The meal per diem alone would bankrupt Bill Gates.
4 posted on 05/31/2021 10:34:03 AM PDT by fidelis (Defeatism and despair are like poison to men's souls. If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Keep picking the scab. Wouldn’t want it to heal, would you?


5 posted on 05/31/2021 10:34:59 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Devi$ivne$$ i$ a ca$h cow obviou$ly. 💰💰💰💰


6 posted on 05/31/2021 10:37:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: House Atreides

85 WHITES AND NEGROES DIE IN TULSA RIOTS AS 3,000 ARMED MEN BATTLE IN STREETS; 30 BLOCKS BURNED, MILITARY [Tulsa 1921]
The New York Times ^ | JUNE 02, 1921

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3963561/posts


7 posted on 05/31/2021 10:37:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

This proves that “reparations” would not be settlement but down-payment.

It has ALL been payed in blood and treasure from the lives, treasure, and bounty of the US taxpaying citizens from 1860 unto this very day.


8 posted on 05/31/2021 10:37:36 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Survivors of a 100 year old event? What are they going to spend the money on, ventilators?


9 posted on 05/31/2021 10:38:33 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: proust

There are allegedly 3 survivors. Obviously, they’d have to be 100+ to be legit. And perhaps 103+ to have even the faintest memory of it. I’m skeptical.


10 posted on 05/31/2021 10:41:10 AM PDT by irishjuggler
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen
Lawyers representing the trio also demanded...

Yeah, I'd bet that three people who were no more than elementary school students when the event occurred were the ones who suddenly demanded a one million dollar appearance fee. A dollar says Ben Crump has his grubby fingers in this.

11 posted on 05/31/2021 10:42:45 AM PDT by jz638
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BradyLS
"This proves that “reparations” would not be settlement but down-payment."

BLACKMAIL is more like it...race hustlers and race pimps and pandering numbskulls.

12 posted on 05/31/2021 10:44:53 AM PDT by yoe (Follow the money on Covid or for Covid...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: House Atreides

At history.com, the total dead was 36, 26 blacks and 10 whites.


13 posted on 05/31/2021 10:44:56 AM PDT by Fungi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

“Survivors”? No — descendants. After 100 years, or 4 generations.


14 posted on 05/31/2021 10:45:49 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam, )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: irishjuggler

scams inside of scams.


15 posted on 05/31/2021 10:46:07 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen
"Monday's Remember & Rise event - which was also set to feature John Legend and Stacey Abrams - was called off on Friday after survivors Viola Fletcher, 107, her brother Hughes Van Ellis, 100 and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, upped their appearance fee from $100,000 each to $1 million each."

They gambled and lost the $100,000 fee.

16 posted on 05/31/2021 10:46:36 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BradyLS

It seems more reasonable that descendants of US slaves should pay reparations to descendants of the Union soldiers who died to free them.


17 posted on 05/31/2021 10:49:43 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: irishjuggler

Read the article.


18 posted on 05/31/2021 10:49:45 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

all black people want to be millionaires easily, I have the feeling that many are trying to find some connection with some tragic event that involves their family


19 posted on 05/31/2021 10:51:07 AM PDT by californian by choice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yesthatjallen

Sine they are threatening to kill all whites, their reparations should consist of hot lead in large doses.


20 posted on 05/31/2021 10:51:16 AM PDT by dainbramaged ( Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I make your head into a canoe.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson