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President Joe Biden on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood to pay tribute to the victims of the 1921 race massacre. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBSN political contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on a new White House initiative that aims to combat the racial wealth gap and the latest on a ransomware attack targeting the world's largest meat supplier. They also discuss former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's comments at a QAnon conspiracy theory convention over the weekend, where he appeared to express support for a coup in the U.S.
President Biden is expected to announce several policies Tuesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma that his administration says will help communities of color. The president is in Tulsa to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Omar Villafranca reports.
It's been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, a two-day attack on Black Americans in the thriving business district of Greenwood. Hear from survivors, descendants of victims and thought leaders in the CBS News special "Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy," anchored by "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is marking 100 years since the horrific race massacre of 1921 — one of the worst displays of racist violence in American history. Now, the city's Black community leaders are looking to start a new chapter. Danya Bacchus joins CBSN from Tulsa with a closer look.
About 200 businesses were pillaged and destroyed during the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Omar Villafranca shares how a group of students is working to honor those businesses — and learn some important skills in the process.
100 years ago, a White mob in Tulsa, Okla., killed 300 Black people and reduced a thriving Black community to ashes. New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow talks about one of the most notorious massacres in U.S. history and those who witnessed it.
One hundred years ago, a White mob in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killed 300 Black people and reduced the thriving Black community of Greenwood — also known as "Black Wall Street" — to ashes. New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow talks about one of the most notorious massacres in American history and those who witnessed it.
A year after George Floyd's death, the city of Minneapolis is still struggling. Crime is up sharply and rebuilding the area around what's now George Floyd Square may be slow, but as Jeff Pegues reports, there's healing and hope.
One hundred years ago this Monday, the Tulsa, Oklahoma neighborhood of Greenwood went from a flourishing business district known as "Black Wall Street" to ruins in a matter of days, with the loss of hundreds of innocent lives. Michelle Miller sat with some descendants to recall the past and shine a light on a path forward.
"Maybe one day the books where I am represented will become just as popular as the books where I'm not. That's all I want."
