Biden remarks to follow tour, meeting
Following his tour and meeting with survivors, Biden is scheduled to give remarks at 3:15 p.m.
Per the White House, he is scheduled to depart Tulsa at 4:50 p.m.
Biden issues proclamation for massacre to be a day of remembrance
A day before his scheduled visit to Tulsa, Biden issued a proclamation stating the must reckon with and acknowledge the role that it has played in stripping wealth and opportunity from Black communities.
Here s the president s proclamation in full:
One hundred years ago, a violent white supremacist mob raided, firebombed, and destroyed approximately 35 square blocks of the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Families and children were murdered in cold blood. Homes, businesses, and churches were burned. In all, as many as 300 Black Americans were killed, and nearly 10,000 were left destitute and homeless. Today, on this solemn centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, I call on the American
June 1, 2021
Long overlooked in the classroom, the Tulsa Race Massacre is getting renewed focus in classrooms across Tulsa, Oklahoma.
SHOW TRANSCRIPT When I first learned about the Tulsa race massacre, all I learned was what happened, said Emily Harris, a teacher at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa.
Harris is a born-and-bred Tulsan. She s now a Tulsa Public Schools teacher. working to ensure the massacre is no longer a footnote in the history books. It s something that brings out emotion and everybody in the classroom and everyone s emotions are going to be different, she said. One thing that we can say that we re when we re all together is that we re all Tulsan s like this is our community that we re learning about.
An app is teaching Tulsa history by taking people back for a look at the Tulsa Race Massacre and the Greenwood District. With the Greenwood Rising XR app, your smartphone is now a time machine of sorts.