Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Lose Restitution Case Against City

Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre aren’t entitled to compensation for losses stemming from the 1921 attack on what was known as Black Wall Street, Oklahoma’s highest court said Wednesday.

The ruling deals a blow to racial justice advocates who saw the case as a legal path to reparations for historical violence against Black people.

Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, both over 100, and descendants of other survivors sought restitution for the attack by a White mob on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, which was home to a thriving Black community and Black-owned businesses.

The survivors brought claims arguing ...