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‘A day of remembrance’: President Biden issues proclamation 100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre

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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Monday issued a proclamation declaring May 31 a day of remembrance 100 years after the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.

Biden called for unity among Americans urging people to "reflect on the deep roots of racial terror in our Nation and recommit to the work of rooting out systemic racism across our country."On Monday, hundreds gathered for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside the historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood on the centennial of the first day of one of the deadliest racist massacres in the nation.National civil rights leaders, including the Revs.

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