President Joe Biden will travel to Oklahoma to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the White House announced Tuesday.
Biden will make the trip June 1, according to a statement from the White House. The Tulsa Race Massacre took place May 31-June 1 in 1921, seeing a mob of armed white residents attacking the prosperous black community of Greenwood. The event remains the worst incident of racial violence in American history, killing as many as 300 black residents and burning up to 1,200 homes.
Viola Fletcher, a 107-year-old survivor of the massacre, testified before Congress last week regarding her memory of the attack. Fletcher was seven years old at the time.
“I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home,” Fletcher said. “I still see black men being shot, black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
The relevance of this event to today’s world can be disputed.
Century ago 100 white people died protecting a rapist of color.
For all these recent anniversaries reflecting racial challenges……will it require new national holiday’s?
As an AMERICAN, I must plan properly!!!!!!
The facts are a black man raped a 17 year old elevator attendant he was arrested. A small group of residents gathered outside the jailhouse peacefully and then 75 blacks showed up and opened fire killing 10 , white men then formed a large group and retaliated which was completely justified
He can travel to Tulsa but he couldn’t travel to Delmar (or even call) Cpl Keith Heacook’s family. Shame, shame, shame.
Democrats keep pushing their LUCK with bringing up Race every day & week will be the cause of a New WAR !!!!
The Good people are SICK of Hearing it & Hopefully it will be the Democrats who pay the Price for their
Propaganda !!!!
Keep drumming up History that took place a Long time ago , It has Nothing to do with People Alive Today !!!!!!!
Democrats just want a REPEAT of Past events !!!!
Time to Mark the Years the WHITES saved the WORLD in WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam Iraq !!!!