UPDATE: The canceled commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Black Wall Street Massacre boiled down to money demands by the living survivors, according to NBC News.A prior agreement between the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the three living survivors of the event was upended at the last minute.
Legal representatives for the survivors previously agreed that they would appear at the “Remember and Rise” event in return for $100,000 each and a $2 million seed gift to a reparations coalition fund, according to state Sen.
Kevin Matthews, chairman of the commission, speaking at a Friday press conference.The parties agreed to those terms, he said.But at the last minute, the demands changed.
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