Biden To Honor Tulsa Massacre Victims, 100 Years On By Lea DAUPLE
06/01/21 AT 2:44 PM
US President Joe Biden traveled Tuesday to Oklahoma to honor the victims of a 1921 racial massacre in the city of Tulsa, where African American residents are hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations 100 years on. I just want him to feel our pain, said local activist Kristi Williams.
The Democratic leader landed Tuesday afternoon in Tulsa, where he was to mark the centenary by meeting with survivors of one of the worst episodes of racial violence in US history. A man gestures after a soil dedication ceremony for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, on the 100-year anniversary in Tulsa, Oklahoma Photo: AFP / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
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