President Joe Biden came to Tulsa on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, arguably the worst racist attack in American history.
COMSTAR Advisors CEO Sam Combs (left), Black Enterprise CEO Earl Butch Graves Jr., Collab Capital Managing Partner Jewel Burks Solomon, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission Project Director Phil Armstrong, National Association of Securities Professionals CEO Ron Parker and Nationwide Retirement Plans President Eric Stevenson participate in a kickoff news conference for Economic Empowerment Day.
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A conference in Tulsa on Tuesday sought to bring attention to the racial wealth gap.
Economic Empowerment Day is part of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission’s slate of events. Project Director Phil Armstrong said the conference brought together Black executives and business leaders from around the country.
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President Joe Biden came to Tulsa on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, arguably the worst racist attack in American history.
Biden toured the Greenwood Cultural Center, the institution that preserves the heritage of the prosperous community known as Black Wall Street. He also spoke with the three living survivors of the massacre.
Biden s remarks at times included graphic descriptions of the attack on Greenwood, once deemed the Tulsa Race Riot so insurers did not have to pay claims of Black residents who lost everything. My fellow Americans, this was not a riot. This was a massacre, Biden said.
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Survivors Hughes Van Ellis and Viola Fletcher are greeted by Rev. Al Sharpton, and Rev. Jesse Jackson at a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 01, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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The White House declined to say if President Joe Biden supported reparations for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The White House on Tuesday declined to say if President Joe Biden supported reparations for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre after a star-studded anniversary memorial was canceled over the issue.