What Happened In Tulsa Oklahoma On June 19th

And he has set the date for june 19th juneteenth a celebration of the end of slavery in the united states.
What happened in tulsa oklahoma on june 19th. President donald trump said he plans to resume his campaign rallies beginning in tulsa oklahoma on june 19 a setting and a date that both have deep meaning for african americans at a moment. The rally was held as oklahoma reports a steady increase of new confirmed coronavirus cases per day and new cases in tulsa county have also been climbing at a record level. As americans rage over racial injustice boils over into a sixth day of protests monday also marks the 99th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence the country has ever seen. Dan rather danrather june 10 2020.
But in tulsa on may 31 and june 1 on the way to celebrating freedom on june 19 we also mourn every year a massacre that decimated lives and also decimated an important expression of living. The tulsa race massacre also called the tulsa race riot the greenwood massacre or the black wall street massacre took place on may 31 and june 1 1921 when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the greenwood district in tulsa oklahoma. Beginning on the night of may 31 1921 thousands of white citizens in tulsa oklahoma descended on the city s predominantly black greenwood district burning homes and businesses to the ground. In 1921 in oklahoma whites looted and destroyed tulsa s greenwood district known for its affluent black community.
President trump has chosen as the venue for his first rally in months tulsa oklahoma site of a horrific massacre of african americans. Rally attendees were. President trump announced wednesday that he planned to resume holding his political rallies in tulsa on june 19 the celebratory day of juneteeth.