Black entrepreneurship. People call it the black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or niggerland. Tulsa was a powder keg. Needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. By dumping them in Mass Graves around the city. We have tulsans have an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks this crime Scene Wont Speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a strong Black Community in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. And they would help you get your business started. 19
Republican votes needed to pass. The Justice Department has now charged at least 450 people in connection to the attack capitol. And that insurrection left five people dead and 140 Police Officers wounded. Daniella diaz is live on Capitol Hill with us. Tell us more about this committee that the House Democrats are now hoping to put together. Reporter it seems very apparent that House Democrats, all democrats, are just not ready to move past what happened on January 6 just yet. You know, what happened yesterday came after months and months of deliberations between democrats and republicans to try to reach an agreement on an independent panel to investigate the attack on the capitol on January 6. And it failed. It failed to a vote of 5435. It didnt break the threshold needed to break the filibuster, the 60 Vote Threshold needed. And only six republicans supported this legislation along with the democrats. And i just want to name who they are. Mittromney, susan collins, rob portman, lisa
Redouble their efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, new cnn reporting this morning on exactly what that renewed push evntails. And it became a Rallying Cry in the wake of the murder of george floyd. Why cities across the country are now refunding the police after initially slashing hair bu their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Ir their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning to you on this saturday. Im christi paul. And im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. And we begin this hour cuing up the sound track to the unofficial start of summer. Americans On The Road again going places they havent been in a while. And whether it is the beach or a barbecue, both sounding great, and the cdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you are fully protected. Memorial Day Weekend is the first major holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks, stop social distancing. We all know states have since relaxed their restrictions and well see what imp
Come on. Come on up. Pull, pull, pull, pull. Once i smashed the windows is when i saw him having a citizen, so thats when i realized, okay, hes not going to be able to get out. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world on this saturday. You are in the Cnn Newsroom and its great to have you along with us. Well, President Biden Tonight is not holding back, slamming a republican Voting Bill in texas that is set to pass this weekend. In a statement he says, its part of an assault on democracy that weve seen far too often this year and often disproportionately targeting black and brown americans. Its wrong and unamerican. In the 21st century, we should be making it easier, not harder for every eligible voter to vote. Cnns Diane Gallagher is live in austin. If you would, diane, tell us what all the outrage is all about over this bill. Reporter pamela, i just want to sort of give this here. The sponsor of this bill, State Senator brian yew
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