Joe Biden in Tulsa On Tuesday (06-01-21), at the site of the worst destruction in American history, of a Black community, a bustling economy and its people, President
Joe Biden marked the commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It was 100 years ago this week that White mobs killed hundreds of Black citizens, injured thousands more and destroyed a once-thriving business district and neighborhoods.
Mr. Biden was the first sitting president to participate in remembrances of the destruction of what Booker T. Washington first called, “Black Wall Street.” As part of his visit to Tulsa, the President met with survivors, Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who are 101 to 107 years old, and toured the Greenwood Cultural Center.
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