President Joe Biden is the first president in US history to visit the town in Tulsa, Okla. where a racist mob murdered black people and ravaged the prosperous town by fire.
The Tulsa Massacre was …
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President Joe Biden will announce new measures on Tuesday that his administration will take to help narrow the racial wealth gap in America.
Biden will announce the rollback of two Trump-era housing rules, an increase in the share of federal contracts for small, disadvantaged businesses and a new initiative to address inequity in home appraisals.
The announcement will coincide with Biden s trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden will announce new measures his administration is taking to narrow the racial wealth gap on Tuesday, during a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre.
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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 homeownership and access to credit. Federal highways built through the heart of Greenwood cut off families and businesses from economic opportunity. And chronic disinvestment by the federal government in Black entrepreneurs and small businesses denied Black Wall Street a fair shot at rebuilding. These are the stories of Greenwood, but they have echoes in countless Black communities across the country.
City of Bozeman taking steps toward equity for all residents
Racial equity can be a challenging conversation to hold, especially in places that may not be largely diverse.
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BOZEMAN â Racial equity can be a challenging conversation to hold, especially in places that may not be largely diverse.
But the city of Bozeman says they want to have the conversation and address the issues.
Equity for all, but what does that look like in the city of Bozeman? Well, thatâs what they want to know.
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âThese are the specific areas in which we are seeing inequities persist, said Bozeman City Commissioner Christopher Coburn. Many of us have known theyâve been there for a very long time. But now, weâll know as a community theyâre there and we can begin to have some really well-informed conversations about whatâs next. How do we correct this?â