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The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Without comment, seven members of the court on Tuesday turned away the request by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle to rehear its June ruling that upheld a decision by a district court judge in Tulsato dismiss the case.

Justice James Edmondson would have reheard the case and Justice Richard Darby did not vote.

Fletcher and Randle survived the massacre that is considered one of the worst single acts of violenceagainst Black people in U.S. history.

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