President Biden's issued a proclamation on the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago today.
's calling on Americans to reflect on one of the worst incidents of racial violence ever in our country in order to root out systemic racism ... 100 years after it happened.
The massacre took place on May 31 and June 1, and as Biden states ..."Families and children were murdered in cold blood." As many as 300 Black Americans were killed as the white mob torched buildings, churches, businesses and homes ... destroying 35 square blocks of the district and leaving 10,000 Black people homeless.
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