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An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he
President drew a through-line from racist violence in 1921 to recent displays of white supremacy in Charlottesville and the US Capitol
At Tulsa Centennial, Biden Unveils Steps to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap Voice of America 02 Jun 2021, 10:05 GMT+10 On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to commemorate the anniversary of the destruction of a prosperous Black community by a white mob that left up to 300 people dead and 10,000 homeless. "Just because history is silent, it doesn't mean that it did not take place," Biden said in remarks to survivors of the massacre and their families at the Greenwood Cultural Center. "Some injustices are so heinous, so horrific, so grievous, they can't be buried, no matte...
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Biden becomes first president to lead remembrance for Tulsa race massacre victims Chris Sommerfeldt Joe Biden declared Tuesday that the nation must learn from its “dark sides” as he became the first president to lead a remembrance ceremony in Tulsa for victims of the long overlooked racist massacre that unfolded in the Oklahoma city’s historically Black Greenwood district a century ago. Marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Biden said he traveled to Oklahoma for the remembrance to “fill the silence” that has hung over the May 31, 1921 tragedy, whe...