President Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally in months in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19 — a move that raised eyebrows due to the significance of the location and date in light of the killing of George Floyd and subsequent worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
June 1 marked the 99th anniversary of the "Tulsa race massacre," an event that saw mobs of white supremacists attack black residents and businesses in Tulsa's Greenwood District. Called "Black Wall Street," the district was the wealthiest black community in the United States at the time, and the event has been deemed "the single worst incidence of racial violence in American history" by historians. The massacre has received increased attention in recent months after being prominently featured on HBO's "Watchmen" miniseries and in the wake of George Floyd's death. ...
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