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For(bes) The Culture Newsletter: Remembering Tulsa’s Greenwood District 100 Years After The Tulsa Race Massacre ...

Forbes 02 Jun 2021
The following is an excerpt from this week’s For(bes) The Culture newsletter, dedicated to elevating and empowering Black and Brown professionals ... .
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Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech

Telegraph Herald 02 Jun 2021
TULSA, Okla. — An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation’s darkest — ... .
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Joe Biden Interrupts Tulsa Speech to 'Make Sure that Two Girls Got Ice Cream'

Breitbart 02 Jun 2021
When he returned to the podium, Joe Biden continued, "I just had to make sure that two girls got ice cream when this was over." ... .
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Hoosier's family provided firsthand accounts of Tulsa Race Massacre

Marietta Daily Journal 02 Jun 2021
Jun. 1—MUNCIE — One Hoosier who didn't have to learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre secondhand is Olon Dotson. Members of Dotson's family survived the historic bombing of the 35-block area that has come to be known as Black Wall ... .
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President Biden announces initiatives to combat racial wealth gap following 100 year mark since Tulsa ...

CBS News 02 Jun 2021
president to visit the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood to pay tribute to the victims of the 1921 race massacre ... .
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Biden honors victims of Tulsa Race Massacre 100 years later

CBS News 02 Jun 2021
President Biden is the first president to visit Tulsa to honor the victims of the 1921 massacre. He met with three remaining survivors. Omar Villafranca has the latest ... .
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Biden speaks at remembrance of victims in Tulsa race massacre

Review Journal 02 Jun 2021
An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa ....
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Leslie Marshall: Many students never learned about Tulsa Massacre in school

Fox News 02 Jun 2021
'Special Report' All-Star panel on importance of Biden visiting Tulsa on the 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre ... .
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The Times view on the Tulsa massacre: Reparations and Atonement

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Jun 2021
A century ago, white mobs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, armed with weapons supplied by city officials, attacked black residents of the town’s Greenwood district and rampaged through the area, ...
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‘Black Wall Street’ was destroyed 100 years ago in Tulsa race massacre

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Jun 2021
The luxury 55-room Stradford hotel in Greenwood, Tulsa, was a symbol of the city’s success ... former slave who moved to Tulsa in the late 19th century.
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