At a luncheon today, Damario Solomon-Simmons, attorney for the three living survivors, said the nonprofit Justice for Greenwood will give each survivor payments as gifts.
"I'm excited to announce that a little bitty grassroot community north side organization will be granting a gift of $100,000 for each survivor," said Solomon-Simmons.
Solomon-Simmons is the founder of Justice for Greenwood. One of the organization's primary focuses is to gain reparations for massacre survivors and descendants.
The announcement comes just two days after the cancellation of a major Race Massacre Centennial event, 'Remeber and Rise,' that was to feature singer John Legend and political organizer Stacey Abrams.
According to event organizers, that cancellation was due to a disagreemeent with Solomon-Simmons over how much money raised for centennial projects would go to survivors. State Sen. Kevin Matthews, chair of the 1921 Race Massacre Centennial Commission, said a sum of $100,000 per survivor and $2 million for a reparations fund was initially agreed upon.
When attorneys for the survivors came back asking for more, Matthews said the commission had to decline.
It's not clear why negotiations changed, or why these disagreements led to the cancellation of 'Remember and Rise.'
State Rep. Regina Goodwin also announced a contribution of $21,000 to survivors. She said the money comes from "community members and new friends found."