It's a history so painful most didn't or wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t talk about it.But tough conversations are necessary for the Tulsa Race Massacre. The violence seen that day eventually became the center of several lawsuits. Nearly 100 years ago, horrors befell Tulsa's once-thriving Black community of Greenwood. The victims' stories were fraught with terror and violence, spurred on by racism.During a time when racism was alive and legal, Black Wall Street created a world and walls where Black Oklahomans could thrive. Their own space was able to provide all-important services that outside were nearly impossible to receive without the threat of unfair treatment. So the residents were business owners, doctors, service providers and more. They did well.But that fateful day in 1921 changed everything the community worked so hard to build. Their homes, way of life and peace were demolished. Many lost their lives. What happened remained a secret for years. The magnitude of the violence was so great that victims opted to suppress the details. Eventually, the veil of darkness lifted and the gruesome story came to light. The massacre was revealed.Victims were finally safe enough to share with family and friends and later, the media, what they had witnessed. What once was in Greenwood will never be the same, but many believe reparations for survivors and their families is a start.At one point the city of Tulsa faced a federal lawsuit over the massacre, saying the victims were unable to recover because of racism. The late Johnny Cochran even got on board, agreeing to work on the case for free. But the lawsuit never went anywhere and, 100 years later, reparations remain a goal. "There were five recommendations submitted in 2001 and here we are in 2021 and we have yet to see those recommendations acted upon by the city and by the state," said Phil Armstrong with the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. The case went all the way to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals back in 2001 but was dismissed because of a statute of limitations for monetary damages lawsuits. Sister station KOCO reached out to the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission for comment. "We believe strongly in reparations. Our focus is on the larger scope of reparations, which means repairing past damages and making amends through acknowledgment, apology and atonement. This process is central to racial reconciliation in Tulsa," the commission said. "Reparations, as discussed in the 2001 Final Report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot in 1921, involve compensation at the individual and community levels, and there are organizations and advocates working diligently for that purpose.""The key element is the Oklahoma guard, state of Oklahoma, city of Tulsa, Tulsa Police Department all found to be complicit 바카라 게임 웹사이트� so the reparations that we are really looking at have not been addressed and the role our government agencies had in what took place and there is a place for them to be at the table to release the public domain in terms of resources and funds," Armstrong said. Believing no matter how things play out, the money will come one way or another."Hopefully that will lead the state and city to follow in with that. Sometimes it's a grassroots effort that makes things happen," he said.