Honoring Viola Ford Fletcher w/ Atty. Damario Solomon Simmons

Lurie Breaks It Down

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Attorney Damario Solomon Simmons discusses the recent passing of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Mother Viola Ford Fletcher at 111 years old, and shares five principles from Greenwood that can guide Black communities toward self-determination and resilience. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:05.0	She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:11.7	She got a message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.
0:17.3	She's standing up to the evil.
0:19.9	And making sure that we all grow strong enough
0:22.5	To break these change we're in
0:24.2	They keep us in this painful condition
0:26.8	She gave us truth and division
0:29.5	That's why we listen
0:31.3	She break it down, down, down, down, down
0:34.6	Down, down
0:35.6	She break it down, down, down, down, down. She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:41.7	There are not a whole lot of people who can fully appreciate the challenges that we in the civil rights community are facing right now.
0:52.6	Thankfully, we have people like attorney to Mario Solomon Simmons,
0:55.7	who is in the group of folks who really intimately understands exactly what's going on.
1:01.1	He has graduated with honors from the University of Oklahoma,
1:03.5	became the first African-American to receive the Joel Jenkowski Award for the most outstanding law graduate.
1:09.8	He's been a practicing civil rights attorney for more than 20 years,
1:12.4	and is currently the managing partner of Solomon Simmons Law
1:15.5	and the co-founder and executive director of the Justice for Greenwood Foundation.
1:19.9	Welcome back to the show.
1:21.3	It is always a pleasure to have you here.
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