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Damario Solomon-Simmons, Esq., M.Ed. graduated with honors from the University of Oklahoma and became the first African American to receive the Joel Jankowsky Award for most outstanding law graduate. He has been a practicing civil rights attorney for almost 20 years and currently is the Managing Partner of Solomon-Simmons Law, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, and co-founder of the MVP Foundation. He has been featured on CNN, The View, Good Morning America, ABC News, ESPN, The New York Times, and more. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his beloved wife.

“Redeem a Nation” Examines Tulsa, Reparations, and America’s Unfinished Quest for Justice

This question lies at the heart of Redeem a Nation. Written by attorney and activist Damario Solomon-Simmons, the book chronicles the ongoing reparations case filed on behalf of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Through their story, Solomon-Simmons examines how American institutions have repeatedly allowed Black wealth to be destroyed and then shielded themselves from accountability. Greenwood’s stolen land and property were repurposed into highways,

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