Four shootings in north Tulsa may be connected; three dead, two hurt

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36. The Tulsa race riots occurred in 1921

Other cities that were having race riots at that time include Chicago, Omaha, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. Oklahoma had been a state for less than 15 years when the Tulsa riots occurred.

In the past couple of decades both the city and state have made considerable efforts to address the racial divisions here and have extended appologies and some limited reparations after the Oklahoma legislatue in a bipartisian effort created a council on reparations in the mid 90s which made several recommendations regarding reparations.

In 2003 five elderly survivors of the race riots brought suit seeking damages based on the findings of that reparations council. Both the federal district and appellate courts dismissed the 80 year old cause of action based on the statute of limitations.

Just last fall a publicly funded memorial was dedicated to those who died in the riots.