Oklahoman
TULSA, Oklahoma — President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa on June 1 to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, according to the White House.
Biden's visit will cap off a long weekend full of events, speakers and concerts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tragedy that marks one of the lowest points in Oklahoma history.
Details of Biden's visit were not immediately available.
Last week, voting rights activist and Georgia politician Stacey Abrams was announced as the keynote speaker at the "Remember & Rise" Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commemoration event.
In 1921, a white mob attacked a predominantly Black area in Tulsa, killing hundreds of people and destroying the country’s wealthiest African American community. Its abrupt demise and similar incidents around the country during that period played a role in widening the racial wealth divide, experts say.