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>> welcome back. that was 107-year-old viola fletcher testifying before congress about the tulsa massacre. it was 100 years ago tomorrow that mobs of whites rampaged through the black neighborhood of the city of tulsa. when the shooting and looting by whites was over, hundreds of african-americans were dead and some 35 blocks of the neighborhood was torched including the thriving business district known as the black wall street. our own trymaine lee is in tulsa. sadly for many americans, theyre ...

>> liz cheney needs to understand that you dont support one form of anti-democratic behavior that is voting restriction at the same time that you are opposing violent insurrection. both are anti-democratic measures. both are unamerican. you do have to be consistent. the republicans right now are anti-democratic in every sense of the word. lower case d. to the extent shes part of it, shes part of the problem. >> as i have mentioned several times on the show, i interviewed vice president kamala ha...

And the re-examination of americas trouble racial history. in my home state of florida, we werent taught about axe handle sunday, a massacre of african-americans in the city of jacksonville. 83% of oklahomans. do you think without george floyd these commemorations this weekend are as big as they are? >> i think thats a fair assessment. i think the graphic nature of that video that captured george floyds killing, happening during a pandemic where people were isolated and really had nowhere else t...

>> reporter: fitting for a church that 100 years ago was almost fully burnt to the ground in the 1921 tulsa race massacre. >> a revival is springing up in tulsa, oklahoma. >> reporter: street vendors lined greenwood avenue where black wall street once stood, part of the 100 year commemoration of the massacre. this neighborhood was once a black economic powerhouse. on may 1, 1921, a white mob attacked the black community, over 1,000 homes, schools and businesses were looted and burned to the grou...

President biden is expected to visit the city tomorrow. were going to get to trymaine lee live in tulsa in just a moment. but first, eddie glaude, why is it important to remember this today and also to put it into context, as we address the struggles today? >> well, mika, i think its important, because were trying to imagine who we are, who we aspire to be. it seems to me to connect with how joe opened the show. if were going to assert that americans are one, were one nation, were going to have ...

We really want justice after such a wanted justice. its such a long time ago, you would think before now something would have been done about it. thats why were here, trying to make sure we get justice for it. >> that was part of my interview with 107-year-old viola fletcher, one of the survivors of the mass race massacre. it sent 10,000 black residents fleeing from their homes. today we mark 100 years since that dreadful day. joining me, news correspondent

Its somewhere between ten and 15% of white household family wealth in america. until that problem is solved, that problem goes back to slavery and to 1619, were not going to have real equality. whats your best view of how we solve for underlying black wealth inequality in america? >> i think there is a lot here. were talking about this greenwood community. the smallest step is that there needs to be some sort of compensation for the three remaining survivors 100, 106, and 107-year-old people who...

Measures. both are un-american. you have to be consistent. the republicans right now are anti-democratic in every sense of the word. lower case d. to the extent shes part of it. shes part of the problem. >> as ive mentioned several times in the show, i interviewed vice president kamala harrison friday. we talked a lot about a lot of things. the george floyd justice and policing act. we talked about tulsa. the fact that has not been previously known, she met with two of the survivors of the tulsa...

Businesses and i want the -- i was riveted and i was tear struck by their, you know, by their continued pain 107 years theyve lived with this pain. a hundred years. and, you know, i just think its important that we continue to lift up this part of our history, as painful as it is, because we -- over the last century repeating some of the same mistakes. >> right. we have to leave it there. donna edwards, john bresnehan, thank you for coming back to "the sunday show." i had a chance to talk with v...

And for folks like bob and the 107 other folks that i represent, this is a question of being able to pay their house notes, pay their car notes, provide for their families and avoid bankruptcy, and its just plain wrong. will: i want to read to you statement from houston methodist. 99 of houston methodist, 26,000 employees have met the requirements. its the unfortunate that a few remaining employees who refuse to get vaccinated and put our patients first are responding in this way. welcome back, ...