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The Biden-Harris administration is launching a government-wide effort to increase the share of contracts going to small businesses by 50 percent by 2026.

The White House One hundred years ago, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street,” was ruthlessly attacked by a violent white supremacist mob. An estimated 300 Black Americans were killed and another 10,000 were left destitute and homeless. The destruction wrought on the Greenwood neighborhood and its families was followed by laws and policies that made recovery nearly impossible. The streets were redlined, locking Black Tulsans out of homeown...

By Susan Jones | June 1, 2021 | 5:56am EDT Activists attend a hearing on reparations for the descendants of slaves before a House Judiciary subcommittee in June 2019. (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - President Bidens trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma on this Tuesday to commemorate the 1921 attack on a thriving black community is energizing the Democrats call for reparations. "Tulsa an example of why we have to pa...

Biden announced plans to build black wealth and narrow racial income gap Announcement comes ahead of his trip to Oklahoma, to mark 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre  Bidens plan includes ways to increase black home ownership and to help boost small businesses  He will use the power of federal contracts to invest $100 billion over five years into minority-owned businesses by increasing their share of those contracts Biden will detail his proposal in a speech in Tulsa  He is first presi...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday slammed efforts to erase the Tulsa Race Massacre from history and, in a passionate speech, made a plea for racial income equality and improved voting rights. 

White House WONT say if Biden supports reparations for Tulsa massacre survivors - who demanded $1million each to appear at cancelled memorial with John Legend The White House declined to say if President Joe Biden supported reparations for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre  Star-studded memorial scheduled for Monday was canceled over issue Karine Jean-Pierre didnt answer when asked Bidens thoughts on payments to survivors but reiterated his support for a study on reparations Memorial featurin...

The commander-in-chief noticed the two youngsters off the side of the speech and ran over before beginning his remarks.