On the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, survivors and descendants gathered Monday at Standpipe Hill, where Black World War I veterans
Why So Many Tulsa Residents Wrestle With Remembering And Commemorating The 1921 Massacre
People in the city, particularly those descended from survivors, are still struggling with their history and the details of what was kept from them.
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Written by Jennifer Matthews
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, the Greenwood District, 35 blocks of prosperous Black businesses and a community of well-off Black people was smoldering from an attack of racial terrorism.
Today what’s left is only a small nook at the corner of Greenwood and Archer.
The Oklahoma Eagle, the Black-owned newspaper that succeeded
The Tulsa Star after it burned down in the 1921 massacre, sits there.
By Janelle Stecklein | CNHI State Reporter Jun 1, 2021
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President Joe Biden places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2021, in Arlington, Va. Alex Brandon
A day before his visit to Tulsaâs Greenwood District to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the worst race massacre in U.S. history, President Joe Biden called on all Americans to âreflect on the deep roots of racial terrorâ and to ârecommit to the work of rooting out systemic racismâ across the country.
In a proclamation issued 100 years to the date of the May 31, 1921, massacre, Biden promised survivors and descendants that the nation will never forget the massacre that razed about 35 square blocks in the affluent Black community. A white mob fueled by envy and hate burned, murdered and looted the community, killing as many as 300 and leaving thousands homeless.