Listen. learning that harris eats no for brek fast and encouraged him don t let people tell you who you are. you tell them who you are. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. have a good day. hello and thanks for joining us, i m ana cabrera in new york, forgotten no more, hidden no more. this hour president biden arrives in tulsa, oklahoma where he will soon deliver remarks on this 100th anniversary of the city s race massacre, a century later biden is set to become the first u.s. president on hand to commemorate the nation s worst single event of white violence against black americans. may 31st. to june 1st, 1921. a white mob descended on tulsa s greenwood district, a prosperous, thriving community, known as black wall street.
They went block by block, killing black men and women, burning down their homes, destroying their businesses, hundreds were killed, thousands were left homeless, and the wounds are still being felt today. survivors and their families want action, and soon president biden will meet with them in hopes of addressing the roots of their pain. he is set to unveil a plan aimed at bringing some accountability to the injustices black americans have faced and still live with today. cnn anchor and cnn political correspondent abby philip is standing by in tulsa ahead of the president s remarks, it s a significant day, a somber day, a long overdue day. ana, it s enormously significant for president biden to be coming to talulsa here today. he s the first president to commemorate what s happening.
If we don t get him off of her right away, he could really do some damage. i m glad she s okay. and i appreciate her service. police arrested the suspect a short time later. the officer had a bloody nose but thankfully is expected to be okay. thank you all so much for joining us at this hour. i m kate bolduan, john king picks up from here. hello, everybody, and welcome to inside politics, a i m john king in washington. president biden on his way to tulsa, oklahoma this hour, for solemn duty, his visit marks 100 years since a white mob burned the city s black wall street, and massacred hundreds in an outburst of racial terror. plus a dramatic walkout but texas democrats stalls action on new voting restrictions, limiting how people can vote as a national republican priority. washington can t stop it but the filibuster and senator joe manchin are in the way. and, an american democracy
Open their businesses. and people in those communities, they want those specific things addressed. they recognize that there have been decades of systemic racism. there was urban renewal, that places like tulsa were affected by. that s the sort of big picture of racism in america. but i think there s a desire here to see biden address the specifics of what happened here in tulsa, and in other parts of the country, where land, money, businesses were actually taken away from black business owners at a specific point in time, and residents here want to know, what is the government going to do about it? is it the federal government or the state government? they want some practical solutions to those problems. practical solutions. this is regina goodwin, an oklahoma state representative right now, but she s a descendant, she gets to the point abby makes, we want proof that you mean it. for now a century now there s been no repair, there s been no
President biden right now is on his way to oklahoma for the 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre, the visit shine as presidential spotlight on a horrific moment that is too often ignored in american history lessons. back on may 31st, 1921, a white mob destroyed tulsa s greenwood district, hundreds killed, thousands left homeless across some 35 city blocks, theit s cad one of the worst racial episodes. race war rages for hours. troops and armed men patrolling streets. here s front page headlines today in tulsa, mayor apologizes for massacre and the blood is still speaking. cnn s abby philip is in tulsa, and also joining the