Historical Justice Archives - The Local News App https://thelocalnews.app/tag/historical-justice/ Only what you care about Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:13:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://thelocalnews.app/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-the-local-news-app-logo-512-1-150x150.png Historical Justice Archives - The Local News App https://thelocalnews.app/tag/historical-justice/ 32 32 220501511 Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal in Tulsa Massacre Case https://thelocalnews.app/oklahoma-supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-in-tulsa-massacre-case/ https://thelocalnews.app/oklahoma-supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-in-tulsa-massacre-case/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:13:27 +0000 https://thelocalnews.app/?p=64816 In a significant legal decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a case brought by three remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre against the City of Tulsa. The lawsuit, which involved survivors Lessie Benningfield Randal, Viola Fletcher, and Murial Watson as the personal representative for Hughes Van Ellis, centered on a […]

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]]> https://thelocalnews.app/oklahoma-supreme-court-upholds-dismissal-in-tulsa-massacre-case/feed/ 0 64816 Rediscovering Ancestral Ties: Descendants Seek Recognition and Land Claim in Jacksonville, Texas https://thelocalnews.app/rediscovering-ancestral-ties-descendants-seek-recognition-and-land-claim-in-jacksonville-texas/ https://thelocalnews.app/rediscovering-ancestral-ties-descendants-seek-recognition-and-land-claim-in-jacksonville-texas/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:35:54 +0000 https://thelocalnews.app/?p=7655 JACKSONVILLE, Texas – Descendants, driven by a newfound connection to their ancestral past, are rallying to assert their claim over land linked to Lake Jacksonville, buried beneath its sprawling waters. Unveiling Family Histories Byron Butler and a growing number of individuals identify themselves as descendants of Gracy, an enslaved woman, and her white slaveholder, Albartus […]

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