Monroe Nichols, the first Black mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has proposed a $100 million reparations package aimed at repairing the impact of the 1921 race massacre.

On Sunday (June 1), Nichols unveiled a plan to create a $105 million private trust to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help, per the Associated Press.

The 1921 massacre, considered one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history, left as many as 300 Black people dead and destroyed Tulsa’s once-thriving Greenwood District, which was widely dubbed Black Wall Street.

Nichols announced his multi-million dollar “road to repair” on Sunday at the Greenwood Cultural Center.

“For 104 years, the Tulsa Race Massacre has been a stain on our city’s history,” Nichols said Sunday. “The massacre was h

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