Society Sparks that ignited the Tulsa race massacreSeated; survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle (left), Viola Fletchter (centre), and Hughes Van Ellis (right) during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 1, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. President Biden was in Tulsa to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. To understand the Tulsa race massacre, it is important to be aware of the complexities of the time. This week, President Joe Biden visited Tulsa as the nation is assessing race relations, past, present and future. For a long time, this event has been known as the Tulsa Race Riots, in the few times that it has been mentioned in public, but in fact it was a premeditated massacre.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 04, 2021 10:06 UTC