The Justice Department announced on Monday that it reached a $1.15 million settlement with American Bank of Oklahoma over allegations of systemic redlining in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, including the Historic Greenwood District, the original site of Black Wall Street. As a facet of American history that continues to shape our present, redlining remains a damning emblem of institutionalized racism, perpetuating generational suffering among Black Americans. The settlement illuminates Tulsa's dual battle: one against the discrimination carried out by American Bank of Oklahoma and the other against a legacy of racial injustice that stretches back to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
