Tulsa’s new Black mayor plans $100M reparations for descendants of 1921 Race Massacre

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols speaks with North Tulsa resident Rose Hardwick on Thursday, May 22, 2025, as part of a series of ‘community conversations’ the first-term mayor had across the city - (AP)

Tulsa's Mayor Monroe Nichols has proposed a $100 million private trust to provide scholarships and housing assistance to descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Nichols, the first Black mayor of Tulsa, announced the plan at the Greenwood Cultural Center, located in the once-thriving district that was destroyed by a white mob. The mayor's proposal is part of a city-backed effort to atone for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.