After the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, attorney B.C. Franklin (right) set up his law office in a tent. At left is I.H. Spears, Franklin’s law partner. (Photo: Tulsa Historical Society)..
The legal team pursuing public nuisance claims on behalf of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre got some Big Law backup this week.
Pro bono and litigation leaders at Schulte Roth & Zabel this week announced that the firm had joined the team of civil and human rights attorneys who this fall sued local governments, the Oklahoma National Guard and other officials seeking to “remedy the ongoing nuisance” caused by the mob attack which leveled much of the 40-square-block Greenwood community in Tulsa, left hundreds of Black residents dead, and thousands homeless.
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