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On Wednesday, 16 April 2025, as part of the Fourth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Black Public Media, Trinity University Press, and the Mary Jones Parrish Reading Room for History Literacy will sponsor a discussion of the 2025 US Department of Justice report on the Federal investigation into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a murderous military-style campaign that targeted Greenwood, Tulsa's African American enclave.
The report's findings support the moral case for reparations, but the legal basis is not clearcut: Relevant civil rights statutes did not exist at the time, and the perpetrators of the numerous crimes are long dead. The DOJ review and evaluation cites sources represented by the panel members: Victor Luckerson, author of Built From the Fire; Lisa Fanning, genetic genealogist on the Tulsa Graves Investigation; and Anneliese Bruner, descendant of Tulsa massacre eyewitness and author Mary Jones Parrish.
Attendees are encouraged to watch the 20-minute Black Public Media-sponsored documentary Descended from the Promised Land for background and context prior to the webinar.