US Senate approves national monument recognizing Tulsa Race Massacre

US Senate passes bill to make Black Wall Street a national monument

TULSA, Okla.— Months after a bill to establish Black Wall Street Historic Greenwood District as a national monument stalled in the U.S. Senate, Oklahoma Republican Senator James Lankford announced Friday it had passed out of the chamber. As we previously reported, S.3543 is a bipartisan bill drafted by U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and James […] The post US Senate passes bill to make Black Wall Street a national monument appeared first on The…

'Should Not be Controversial': Oklahoma Senator Chewed Out Dems for Stalling Monument Honoring Black Wall Street Before Approval More Than 100 Years After Race Massacre

It’s been a long time coming. More than 100 years after a violent white mob attacked North Tulsa’s prosperous Historic Greenwood District, killing as many as 300 Black people and burning down the area known as Black Wall Street, the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent, a bill designating the district as a national monument Friday. It’s the largest massacre based on race in U.S. history. On May 31, 1921, the white mob, fueled by anger and ha…

US Senate approves national monument recognizing Tulsa Race Massacre

WASHINGTON, DC (KNWA/KFTA) – The United States Senate has approved a national monument establishment for the Historic Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street, on Thursday. The national monument will recognize the area where the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre took place. In an X-post, Senator James Lankford said the passing of the bill is a reminder of how far we have come. "Yesterday, the Senate approved the Historic Greenwood District, si…

U.S. Senate approves Tulsa's historic Greenwood District to be a national monument

The U.S. Senate has approved Tulsa's historic Greenwood District, the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, to be a national monument.

Senate Approves Lankford Bill Lie

Thursday, the United States Senate approved the Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument Establishment Act by unanimous consent. The legislation will designate a huge national monument area around the Historic Greenwood District of North Tulsa. Sen. Lankford claims this is were a “Massacre took place” but apparently he has been so busy pandering for votes after being repeatedly censored and rejected by Republicans in Oklah…