With respect to the black community because this is a period during which the ideology of supremacy was supreme. Owning homes and driving cars and wearing beautiful clothesnaf some folks in tulsa. And people are familiar with the k. K. K. And had an enormous presence. That was a factor. Addo the mix the media and in called the one local media an u tribune and we had a powder keg in tulsa to ignite the racial violence that occurred on may 31 and june 1. Host you mentioned the newspaper. A feature, state history. You one of the notables who worked on researching and on the tulsa] massacre. And brought new attention to a subject long ignored with over 100 people deadnd 1,000 buildings destroyed. How does Something Like that get to be . Guest it is ignored as a deliberate decision on the part of people who are in power and occupy positions of privilege. Host wh did you the term massacre race. Guest when the incidentâ– occurred, and referred to as race riots. And in the last 10 years or so
Continues. Host throughout black history month, we spend time focusing on several aspects of effort story. Once again, we are joined by Hannibal Johnson, the author of black wall street 100. Hannib where was black wall street for viewers who may not know . Guest black wall street is the historic Africanamerican Community in tulsa, oklahoma, created during any eraf segregation around 1906. It is a neighborhood within the context of the city of tulsa. Host what happened in that neighborhood 103 years ago . Est the neighborsble black entrepreneurship and commerce that existed within the community. A plethora of business establishments, a group of black als, doctors, lawyers, dentists, contests accountants occupied this blackberry in. It was separated from downtown tulsa by the tckmany people mayn host how many people died andl wh srted the violence . Guest some experts believe between 100 and 300 people were killed in the massacre. Hundreds more were injured. Scores of homes and businesse
We will show you both, certain with the marchers gathered at the justice department. [chanting] hey, hey ho, ho policiesist got to go hey, hey ho, ho policiesist have got to go. Where here in front of the department of justice. Women. Black state sponsors of killing a black women. Laura nelson. Say their names. Its in there somewhere. Rosa parks was our champion and new that we had rights. Say their names. Say their names. And all of. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. Everybody take a look at this building. The have killed our brothers and sisters. Policies, the building, where people are suffering from. We hold the department of justice to account. Surveillance does we hold racist policing and surveillance to account. We want everybody to know what this building is. This is where your complaints need to go. This is where your letters need to go. Where your actions need to go. We march for black women. That is what it is about. Doj, shame on you. Doj, shame on you. D
Now, i ask that there not be any type of instruction regarding the testimony given here today. It is important that we respect the rules and the decorum of the house and allow the public to hear our proceedings. Today the subcommittee will examine access to oil and Gas Development on oniio onshore fe lands. Onshore federal oil and gas accounts are roughly 20 of americas production and is integral to our nations independence and security. Not only has the new administration inherits a backlog of 3,000 drill permit applications but an incredibly burdensome regulatory scheme that discourages investment and development. It is critical that we evaluate these obstacles to success and ensure a fair return to the American People. There are many factors that influence an operators decision to lease and develop hydro carbons. While some may point to low Commodity Prices, Market Conditions are no excuse for poor policies or for the federal government failing to uphold statutory obligations. In fa
Development on federal lands. We will hear from state and federal energy officials. This has Natural Resources sub hearing is chaired by paul gosar of arizona. Lands. I ask unanimous consent of the gentleman from arkansas be allowed to sit with the subcommittee and par this will allow us to hear from witnesses and members keep to the schedules. Therefore i ask for unanimous consent that all other members be made part of the hearing records if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Without objections to order. We can do that now. I ask that theyre not be any type of disruption regarding the testimony getting here today. Its important we respect the decorum and the rules of the house until the public can hear our receipts. The subcommittee will examine oil and gas on federal lands. They are holding a hearing in several weeks and we asked the members reserve all offshore questions for the next hearing. Its owned by all americans and the bureau of Land Management is obligated