He was described by the founders of the Mayo Clinic as the best black surgeon in America.
Dr. Andrew Cheesten Jackson was known as a man who would treat people from all walks of life and all skin colors.
It's a legacy his family says is worth protecting, and one they claim has been exploited since 1921.
More than a century ago, Dr. Jackson's office was burned to the ground at Greenwood and Archer, like many of the buildings in the Greenwood District.
A few blocks up the road, outside his home, he was shot while surrendering to a white mob.
The man who dedicated his life to saving the lives of others was not given that lifesaving treatment himself and later died of his injuries.
In a lawsuit filed this week against the City of Tulsa, The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, and the Greenwood Rising museum, it is argued that those entities have told the story of Dr. Jackson's murder to enrich themselves politically and financially.
The lawsuit was filed by Damario Solomon-Simmons, who represents the three remaining survivors of the race massacre in another suit against the city.
What the family says in this lawsuit is that this is a family tragedy.
Something that has affected generations of their family, and not something that should be used to prop up or promote a museum or a cause without at least reaching out to the family first.
If this lawsuit moves ahead, the doctor's great-nephew, Jon Adams of Portland, Oregon, is asking for those groups to stop using Dr. Jackson's story without permission, repay the family what they have made financially off of telling his story, as well as attorney fees and another amount to be determined by a jury to make an example of this situation.
The city said in a statement that they do not comment on pending litigation.
Greenwood Rising and Solomon-Simmons have not yet responded to our request for comment.