"Reparations to survivors and their descendants were never paid. Instead, the Oklahoma legislature passed a law to "facilitate the redevelopment of the Greenwood area" and presented each survivor with a gold-plated medal bearing the state seal."

"In search of the administration of justice, the Oklahoma legislature created the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission in 1997. The eleven-member committee identified survivors, created a historical account of the riot, and favored recommendations for reparations. In 2001, although the state government rejected the recommendation and only issued each of the survivors with a gold-plated medal with the state seal, several legislators privately donated $15,000 toward a private reparations fund for survivors."

"In March 2001, each of the 118 known survivors of the riot still alive at the time, the youngest of whom was 85, was given a gold-plated medal bearing the state seal, as had been approved by bi-partisan state leaders"