north tulsa, black tulsa. i'm the son of greenwood, a proud product of north. we are shot and beaten by the police four times more than our white counterparts. we have 35% of people living in poverty. we have two and a half times less than white. we have evidence and statistic after statistic yet our mayor and our city and county and chambers have opposed justice and mr. ellis who you heard from today. i am here today because the city of tulsa has failed us and bombed us and killed us and destroyed not just our property or our livelihood and our lives, but our legacy and generational wealth. the idea of a state giving ownership and concentration they took that from us and then they put it in a system of policy violence that continues to this very day. so much so that right now as i speak, the same perpetrators of the massacre, the city, the county, the chamber, the state are utilizing the massacre to pad their own pockets so the branding of the massacre and the likenesses of people who suffered and died and were treated as refugees and lived in internment camps

tulsa. we know that. the idea was to remove the black folks from the land. move them farther northr what were considered to be higher and better purposes. >> tulsa appears now to be in danger of losing its prestige as the whitest town in oklahoma. does tulsa wish a double invasion of criminal negro preexers? negro sliceteres? boot legs and smart alecs in general? 92. >> we took oklahoma city in ninth grade. in our textbook, there is probably a page or a page and a half about the race massacre. we did not cover that in class. i read it because i was really interested in history. and it was a real revelation. it brought home how pervasive racism was in the united states and in the social system. >> historians often refer to the early part of the century as race relations. >> african-americans are under attack in all different quarters in all parts. union. >> this is an era where the nature of lynchings are getting more and more barbaric. >> lynching was a form of terrorism that targeted primarily african-americans. >> in events to which people brought their children. lynching was wid

north tulsa is a predominantly african-american community. munity. this city of tulsa is the most segregated city geographically, economically, socially, and all of the above. >> growing up in north tulsa, the further i went south of where i lived, i started to notice buildings looked different. institutions looked different. wow. there's a whole 'nother world i wasn't even aware of. we've already experienced dislocation, urban removal, all of those things. those people who lived in greenwood saw its demise twice . >> i grew up on 1415 north greenwood. we owned a house on greenwood. when i grew up, i had a church in front of me, right literally behind me with was the school i went to. to the right was the black hospital that i was born in. and then we had jack's memory chapel right there. so the whole cycle of life was within a block and a half of me where i lived. that's the community i grew up in. as happened in every city across this nation, '60s, '70s. there's something they called urban re i call urban removal. i love that. when anybody w

tulsa is not the only city where violent white supremacy has set the nation back. in my state of north carolina, white supremacists carried out a massacre and coup d'État in 1898 toppling the multiracial government in the majority black city of wilmington. like tulsa, wilmington was once the home to a thriving community and white supremacists were able to demolish black homes and businesses, kill civilians and overthrow a democratically elected government because the system of power in the nation and our state did not intervene. my first question is for mr. simmons about the aftermath of the massacre. it's a dramatic example of how racism both in the form of violence but also discrimination in government policy has contributed to the wealth gap between white and black households and present-day america. how did the massacre and its aftermath impact survivors and their descendents ability to build and pass on generational wealth. >> in many ways it was impacted up to the 3240s and 50s who survived the massacre and were not run out as refugees they were severely neglected and received an

and slowly, the black community was moved further and further door to north tulsa, which to this day remains an incredibly impoverished, impoverished area. and i think it's interesting, actually, well, in the last couple of weeks, that was a big celebration. and also because a supermarket opened the 1st supermarket to be not felt that they were saying, i think, i mean that's how involved she lives over there. whereas here, clearly the plan is to to justify, to make it, to make it, make sure to build on the legacy of the burning down of block wall street to make this a place where people will come and spend money for white white developers. so yeah, i mean, it's more to the same point, i guess she had paternity there for us in tulsa, oklahoma. thank you so much. she had, well, let's now bring in dominic whitehead, he's the vice president of campaigns, the national association for the advancement of colored people, the n double a c p. he joins us from washington, d. c. dominic, i want to start with this significance of by the trip today. it really felt like that part of history was rai

but with me growing up in north tulsa, we never went out to buy anything. everything was there? no, we had stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital. one of the elder child sons have remain silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation belief. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day. it's ignorant that keeps us divide it so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get up the path that point. that is what this migration day is all about. teaching people what should never happen again. nevertheless, they are still buried secrets from the town. so raised massacre a gruesome however, it was recently made at old long sectors. this is the side where archaeologists, the an earth, a mass grave, a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the cal terez massacre of $921.00. but until this is clarified, the unknown bodies were remain in the ground. some of the cruel things that happened in this dark chapter of history remain unknown. and for many residents and tell s

imagine a thriving greenwood and north tulsa for the last 100 years. that was meant for all of us, including the white community. the people did rebuild again, but it did not last. eventually, neighborhoods were redlined on maps, locking black tulsa out of homeownership's. a highway was built right through the heart of the community. [applause] we talk about what 95 did after we were occupied by the military after dr. king was murdered. the community could not help black businesses with jobs and opportunity. chronic underinvestment from state and local government denied people the chance to get ahead. [applause] we must find the courage to change the things we know we can change. that's what vice president harris and i are focused on, along with our entire administration, including our housing and development secretary, who is here today. [applause] -- including our housing and urban development secretary, who is here today. today, we are announcing two expanded efforts targeted toward black wealth creation that will also help the entire community. firs

imagine a thriving greenwood in north tulsa for the last 100 years, what that would have meant for all of tulsa, including the white community. eventually, neighborhoods were redlined on maps, locking black tulsa out of home ownership. the highway was built right through the heart of the community. i was talking about our west side, what 95 did after we were occupied by the military after dr. king was murdered. the community, cutting off businesses from jobs and opportunity. chronic underinvestment from state and federal governments denied greenwood the chance of rebuilding. we must find the courage to change the things we know we can change. that is what vice president harris and i are focused on, along with our entire administration including our housing and urban development secretary marcia fudge, was here today. [applause] pres. biden: today, we are announcing two expanded efforts targeted toward black wealth creation that will also help the entire community. the first is my administration has launched an aggressive effort to combat racial discrimination in housing. that includes

i've tried to involve the black population who is moved to north, tulsa from greenville, off of the massacre. but while they're trying to do is gentrify this neighborhood and make it an area of social tourism for guilty, white people and others to come and think about racism really. so i mean, there are all these, it will be problems. we took the black lives matter chapter head here as well. yeah, nothing to do with this over. and yet biden was very impassioned about about about justice for, for african americans. more than 90 percent of people in ethiopia, northern te gray region, are in need of emergency food aid. that's the morning from the wild food program. thousands have been killed and 2000000. others displaced since fighting began in november. europe stuck to these agencies as leaders. so think about supplying vaccines to poor nations before and not connecting young people in there are in countries not as many countries struggle to get enough supplies. the leader of western horace, paula, sorry from his leaving spain. after the spanish high court turned down a request for him to be t

north tulsa has a higher concentration black residents as fewer businesses and large-scale employers and has more than doubled the employment rate and the lowest life expectancy compared to tulsa with those economic disparities to be traced back to the massacre. in america. is a microcosm what happened to the african-american community in this country in light of the foregoing facts congress needs to step up many witnesses have called for some form of reparation for the survivors and descendents of the massacre one potential remedy i find a particular interest is the idea of a victim compensation fund. the subcommittee has jurisdiction of such compensation funds last congress we had a committee to handle the 9/11 compensation fund what they have said is a model for potential tulsa claimants i would be interested to hear more details how that would be structured and funded. as chairman of the subcommittee pledged to work with you on legislation on this front. in the subcommittee last held a hearing on this topic in 2007, we heard from the late distinguished john hope franklin. from the

jerry eaton, they worked inside that barbershop and then that's where the civil rights movement for north tulsa even started was in that barbershop. and many black men got arrested for protesting, restaurants that wouldn't allow blacks to even eat in there. so when we get that economic development party because blacks in our community, we need funding and we need money. that's what we need. you know? it's been taken away from us. and destroyed our property and has never been given to us. those survivors that are surviving right now, they need funding. they need money. and people need to understand that they are the ones who suffered first. >> yeah. >> before you start having all these big festive and all this stuff going on, you need to take care of them first. >> yeah. let me ask you this. president biden announced some policy initiatives today to help, for instance, directing federal contracts to minority owned businesses. there is some other money at redevelopment that will require congresstial approval. do you see in these steps progress? the possibility for progress? >> i know people can t

we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna murray, black and south, and east and west is predominately white. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry if you're one of the other, it's always been a division. but with me growing up in north house, we never went out to buy anything. everything was going know we had stores, we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital. one of the elder telephones have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day in ignorance that keeps up the divide it so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get off the path that that is what this come m ration day is all about teaching people what should never happen again . nevertheless, there are still some buried secrets from the town. so raised massacre, a gruesome discovery was recently made at old long time. terry, this is the side where archaeologists an earth a mass grave a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the hou

my family, my own family, helped settle bartlesville, oklahoma, just north of tulsa. and i did not know about this incident until i visited the national museum of african american history and culture in washington, d. c. and i was appalled by my own ignorance. how much more is buried out there in america that we, we, people like me who want to know simply don't know about black americans, their, their stresses and their contributions about native americans about black americas, about latino but you know, and some may say it's amnesia but you know, m needs, it tends to happen accidentally like you hit yourself on the he accidentally. this is intentional neglect. this is revision that history. this is refusing to engage in critical race. they are, you know, actually take that language and, and turn it on the folk that want to use the next. we should have critical race that we should be critical of the way in which history has been under told and not told. and you know that we're more than a dozen that we know of math because of this kind from 18. 63 to 1923. you should

this community, north tulsa, the less prosperous side, on the other side of the tracks, literally, disinvestedy white, more prosperous south side, the school system, health, everything. and i think in some ways, what we've done with all our reporting and the president coming here and all this is laying out the fabric here and the quill here so america can sit back and say, it happened in tulsa, it happened in rosewood, it happened in arkansas, it happened in new orleans, it happens time and again, and then we reveal the systemic nature, the coordinated nature of this, and so i think that idea of trauma, i don't think, has black people in this country, we have much choice. >> kim, i want to bring you back in on this idea of -- that trymaine, i think, is really putting a fine point on here, that the trauma isn't old trauma, you know? the first thing he said to me was you get retraumatized every time you watch the news when you're black in america. >> yes. the trauma is an old trauma, and the things that trymaine was talking about are not unique to tulsa. yes, this massacre was a horrific moment

imagine a thriving greenwood in north tulsa for the last hundred years, but that would have meant forunity. the people of greenwood rebuild again in the years after the massacre but it didn't last. eventually neighborhoods were red lined on maps, blocking black tulsa out of homeownerships a highway was built righ through the heart of the community. i was talking about our west side, what 95 did after we were occupied by the military after dr. king was murdered. the community, cutting off black families and businesses from jobs and opportunity chronic underinvestment from state and federal governments denied greenwood even just a chance of rebuilding we must find the courage to change the things we know we can change that's what vice president harris and i are focused on, along with our entire administration, including our housing and urban development secretary, marcia fudge, who is here today [ applause ] today we're announcing two expanded efforts targeted toward black wealth creation that will also help the entire community the first is my administration has launched an aggressive

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we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna black and south and east and west is predominately why. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry. if you're one of the other, it's always been a division. but with me growing up in north hall, so we never went out to buy anything. everything was there. no, we had own stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital. why the elder telephones have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day. it's us that keeps us divide it so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get off the path. that point that is what this commercial ration day is all about. teaching people what should never happen again. nevertheless, there are still some buried secrets from the town. so raised massacre, a gruesome discovery was recently made at oak lawn centers. this is the side where archaeologists and earth a mass grave a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the c

we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna black in and south and east and west is predominately why. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry if you're one of the other, it's always been a division. but with me growing up in north halls, we never went out to buy anything. everything was in norway stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital. one of the elder telephones have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day. it's ignorant that keeps us divide it so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get up the path. that point. that is what this come m ration day is all about teaching people what should never happen again. nevertheless, they are still buried secrets from the town. so raised massacre a gruesome however he was recently made at old long time. terry, this is a site where archaeologists the an earth, a mass grave, a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the cal terez m

we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna murray, black and south and east and west is predominately why. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry if you're one of the other is always been a division. but with me growing up in north hall, so we never went out to buy anything. everything was going no, we had own stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospitals. why the elder child sons have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs. the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day. it's ignorance that keeps us divide it so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get past that point. that is what this come m ration day is all about teaching people what should never happen again . nevertheless, there are still some very secrets from the town, so raised massacre, a group. some, however he was recently made at old long time. terry, this is the side where archaeologists the an earth, a mass grave a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the

we have our north part of tulsa, which is for donna, black and south and east and west is predominately why. and i feel like there's that line that you just don't cry if you're one of the other is always been a division. but with me growing up in north halls, we never went out to buy anything. everything was there. no, we had own stores. we had our schools, we had own doctors and hospital, while the elder child sons have remained silent in the past, out of fear, a younger generation beliefs, the only solution is communicating what happens on that fateful day. it's ignorance that keeps that divide it. so events like this. continuing to educate people, that's the only thing that i think is going to get past that point. that is what this commercial ration day is all about. teaching people what should never happen again. nevertheless, there are still some very secrets from the town, so race massacre accrues some discovery was recently made at oak lawn cemetery business the side where archaeologist, the an earth a mass grave a couple of months ago. they assume it might be connected to the ce

war into the 1940's, there were upwards of 100 of these massacres that took place north and south, east and west. tulsais the one that isost familiar to us now, although, it was suppressed as a story for many, many years. i live in the state of north carolina. in 1898, there was a massacre that took place in wilmington, north carolina, that was essentially a municipal coup d'État were comparable numbers of people were killed and as a consequence, a thriving black business district that existed in that city also was destroyed. i would say across these 100 massacres, the consequences have been palpable in terms of the destruction and appropriation of property that had been accumulated by black americans. in that national geographic report, to which i was one of the individuals who was a consultant, the estimate has been arrived at that the present value of the property loss to black tulsans in 1920 one is approximately $610 million. juan: could you talk about examples of reparations that could serve as a model if the country finally did move to reparations for african-americans? >> certainly. the most ob

. >> early 20th century, so you have massacres in memphis, wilmington, north carolina, and also a massacre in tulsay're trying to put african-americans in their place. by doing so, they're using violence through the kkk and through multiple forms of oppression that you see during the jim crow era. >> to that point, trymaine, talk to you about it when it comes to home values, how is that keep to narrows the wealth gap and how is the resonating with folks you have been reporting on? >> it's a big deal. one thing that tulsa illustrates well is the violent dispossession of black americans through violent means and then the redlining and all the ways you can generate wealth. so the idea of providing access to homes, that will certainly generate some degree of shrinkage. that means a lot for the folks here. where you're hearing more calls for reparations hooismt we have a specific injury the death toll, unable to recoup losses through insurance, so it sounds great from the ground, but unless you're talking about rep ragsz, because the government was complicit, that tall will fall a little short. meanwhil

the first phase was just a a gunfight in downtown tulsa in which the blacks who were vastly outnumbered. they try to race seven blacks north where it was safe in their in their home neighborhood and so they ran through the streets and ally's of tulsa engaged in in firefights with the with the whites. most of them made it back to greenwood and after they got there there were additional skirmishes along the perimeter of of greenwood. the fighting lasted till about one or two am and then it stopped there was bloodshed. both sides, some whites were killed and some blacks were killed and if the riot had ended there it would have been no worse than dozens of riots that occurred at that time in our history. it was tragic because there was loss of life on both sides. but it was not historic, but the riot did not end there instead the whites girded himself for the next phase. they broke into hardware stores and stole guns and ammunition whites were seeing that night running around town with guns and you could still see the price tag dangling off the their weapons. they commandered automobiles the police chief deputies members of th

north were free. so as we commemorate the history of juneteenth, as we did just weeks ago with the history of the tulsaace massacre, we must learn from our history and we must teach our children our history. because it is part of our history as a nation. it is part of american history. so let me end by saying this. we are gathered here, in a house built by enslaved people. we are footsteps away from president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. and we are here to witness president joe biden establish juneteenth as a national holiday. we have come far and we have far to go but today is a day of celebration. it is not only a day of pride, it is also a day for us to reaffirm and rededicate ourselves to action and with that, i say, happy juneteenth, everybody. and with that, i introduce the president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] president biden: thank you. thank you. thank you, madam vice president. 156 years ago. 156 years. june 19, 1865, john, thanks for being here. major general of the union army arrived in galveston, texas, to enforce the emancipation proclamation. and

north america. and the u. s. is marking the centenary of a racist massacre in tulsa, oklahoma, in 1921. a white mob looted and burned a prosperous black neighbourhood. official figures put the death toll at 36, but historian shay the wheel number could be as high as 300 ceremonies to remember the events of a 100 years ago have been taking place in the neighbourhood, once known as black wall street, because of its many successful black businesses for decades, the massacre that unfolded there was kept quiet, only recently has a full scale of the violence come to light. our reporter, kara, lina sh boy, sent this report from tulsa, the joy and pride in tulsa, the green. what the 3 people here are commemorating one of the worst race massacres in u. s. history about the same time they're celebrating their heritage. most of the survivors of childhood race massacre are no longer alive. their descendants are here today. it was kept a secret here until that and learn about it until i was about 9 or 10 years. so. well, i don't think people one to go back and remember the traumatic things that happ

tulsa. a boom town. a new frontier. on the northe across the rail tracks that divided the city already segregated by law, they built something open their own. worry of their talent and their ambition. greenwood. a community, a way of life. black doctors and lawyers, pastors, teachers, running hospitals, law practices, churches, schools. black veterans like a man that i had the privilege of giving a command coin to. volunteered and fought and came how many and still faced prejudice. [applause] veterans coming back after helping win the first world war. building a new life back home with pride an confidence. a mom and pop black diners, grocery stores, barber shops, tailors, things that make up a community. at the dream land theater, a young black couple holding hands. friends gathers at music clubs and pool halls at the monroe family roller skating rink. victors, staying in hotels like the stratford. all around black pride shared by the professional class and the working class who lived together side by side for blocks on end. mother