Using race as an extortion weapon.-----Tulsa 'Remember and Rise' event canceled days before centennial of race massacre after dispute over payment to survivors

Tulsa 'Remember and Rise' event canceled days before centennial of race massacre after dispute over payment to survivors

• The event to mark the 100th anniversary of the destruction of Black Wall Street was to feature singer John Legend and influential Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams.
  

"A cornerstone event of the Tulsa Race Massacre commemoration in Oklahoma was abruptly canceled because lawyers representing survivors and descendants demanded a higher fee for their participation in the event than had been originally agreed upon, a commission official said.

Legal representatives for the three living survivors approached the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission about including them in the "Remember and Rise" occasion in return for 

• $100,000 each 
• and a $2 million seed gift to a reparations coalition fund, 

state Sen. Kevin Matthews, chairman of the commission, said in a Friday press conference.

...At the last minute, the lawyers representing the survivors moved to change the agreement, requesting $1 million for each and $50 million for the fund, said Matthews, who did not take questions...Read all.