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Review of Reviews: “Empowering Black Wealth in the Shadow of the Tulsa Race Massacre,” Tulsa Law Review (2021)Review of Reviews: “Empowering Black Wealth in the Shadow of the Tulsa Race Massacre,” Tulsa Law Review (2021)

Lynne Marie Kohm, professor of family law, Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va., Katrina Sumner, judicial law clerk in York, Penn. and Peyton Farley, third-year law student at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va.

Louis S. Harrison, Partner

November 18, 2021

3 Min Read
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In their impactful article, “Empowering Black Wealth in the Shadow of the Tulsa Race Massacre,” the authors examine the negative impact of societal wealth destruction on future Black generations. Though the article initially focuses on the Tulsa Race Massacre,1 it also emphasizes other governmental and societal events and laws that prevented “the transfer of Black Wealth to subsequent generations.”

The authors cite events after the Tulsa massacre in 1921, as well as laws such as “redlining,” vagrancy and usurpation of inventions as further examples of the destruction of Black wealth.

Referencing events 100 years ago in Tulsa in 1921 as one of the worst racial massacres in America’s history, the authors hypothesize that residents of Tulsa’s...

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About the Author

Louis S. Harrison

Partner, Harrison LLP

A frequent speaker and writer on tax and estate planning, Louis S. Harrison has spoken before numerous groups nationwide. He has authored more than 100 published articles on a broad range of tax and estate-planning subjects in legal, accounting, tax and estate journals and periodicals, and is co-author of the books, "Sorting Out Life's Complexities: What You Really Need to Know About Taxes, Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorneys and Health Care Decisions" and "Illinois Estate Planning Forms and Commentary."

Louis S. Harrison is the Illinois State Chair of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel and has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law, DePaul University College of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

As a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Lou has chaired the Estate and Gift Tax Committee and served on the Trust Law Committee and Probate Practice Committee.

Before joining Harrison & Held, LLP, Lou was the partner in charge of the Lord, Bissell & Brook Wealth Preservation Group.

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