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The first Jim Crow lawsuit seeking restitution for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was filed on February 24, 2003. Among the attorneys pursuing a lawsuit on behalf of 125 survivors of the Riot were Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., of Harvard Law School; Adjoa Aiyetoro of N'COBRA; Johnny Cochran, the internationally renown trial lawyer; Michele Roberts, ranked the No. 1 lawyer in Washington D.C. by Washingtonian Magazine; Michael Hausfeld, ranked No. 12 by Washingtonian Magazine; Dennis Sweet, one of the nation's top tort lawyers; as well as Professor Eric J. Miller of Western New England College Law School; and Suzette Malvaux, of the University of Alabama Law School. Local counsel include James Lloyd and James Goodwin.
The factual basis for the lawsuit was culled from a number of resources, most notably the report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the 1921 Race Riot and the excellent book, Reconstructing the Dreamland, published by the Oxford Press, by Professor Alfred L. Brophy of the University of Alabama Law School.
The major impetus for the lawsuit came from the Tulsa Reparations Coalition, an inter-denominational group formed to seek justice for the Riot survivors. Two individuals in particular are notable for their hard word: Eddie Faye Gates, who has supported the survivors during and after the Commission's reporting, and Mark Stoghill. The following are just a few of the web sites discussing the Riot.
Tulsa Reparations Coalition: http://www.tulsareparations.org/
Report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the 1921 Race Riot: www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/trrc/freport.htm
Tulsa Riot Photographs: http://www.lib.utulsa.edu/Speccoll/tulsa_race_riot.htm
Professor Alfred L. Brophy's website: http://www.law.ua.edu/directory/bio/abrophy/abrophy_links.html
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