Biden leads Tulsa deaths centennial

By Associated Press

Jun 03, 2021 12:35 am

TULSA: An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had 'come to fill the silence' about one of the nation's darkest - and long suppressed - moments of racial violence.

'Some injustices are so heinous, so horrific, so grievous, they cannot be buried, no matter how hard people try,' Biden said. 'Only with truth can come healing.'

President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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