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href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/video\/news\/thousands-gather-in-tulsas-historic-greenwood-district-for-juneteenth-celebration\/vp-BB15JLrv\u0022\u003Ethousand people\u003C\/a\u003E gathered yesterday in Tulsa, Oklahoma\u2019s historic Greenwood district for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/entertainment\/i-too-am-america-celebrates-juneteenth-with-music-presentations-and-more\/article_b0f95fdc-7f5d-5a4d-8f76-87e4f1a97d69.html\u0022\u003Ethe \u201cI, Too, Am America,\u201d Juneteenth Rally for Justice.\u003C\/a\u003E It was in part a celebration to commemorate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/juneteenth-celebration-meaning-explainer\u0022\u003Ethe emancipation\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0of the last large population of enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865 \u2013 with live music, food trucks, and plenty of reminders to wear masks and socially distance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u201cWe as a people are still not free...We demand reparations now.\u201d - Dr. Robert Turner at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tulsa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tulsa\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juneteenth?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Juneteenth\u003C\/a\u003E rally \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/WTI0YNOXKu\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/WTI0YNOXKu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Ida Sawyer (@ida_sawyer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274137719292268545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 20, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the anger and frustration were also palpable, as Black Tulsans are all too aware that, after 155 Juneteenth celebrations and nearly 100 years after the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/case-reparations-tulsa-oklahoma#_Toc41573974\u0022\u003E1921 Tulsa Race Massacre\u003C\/a\u003E, when a white mob killed several hundred Black people and destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood, deep-rooted problems remain, and the enduring legacy of structural racism \u00a0and injustices continue. Many Tulsan community leaders gave powerful speeches, with calls to action and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/us-provide-reparations-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\u0022\u003Edemands for long overdue reparations\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Robert Turner, pastor of Historic Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church in Tulsa, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274137719292268545?s=20\u0022\u003Edescribed the significance\u003C\/a\u003E of the field where the rally was held:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe very place where you are standing is sacred ground, where nearly 100 years ago, bombs were dropped right where you\u2019re standing. Children were running, mothers were looking, grandmothers were afraid. And so, we are here today, in this sacred place to celebrate Juneteenth, to celebrate the liberation of African Americans from chattel slavery some 155 years later. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBut\u2026we still today, 155 years later, are not yet free. We as a people are not yet free to even walk down the streets of Tulsa without the police coming to harass and assault our young men. We are not free as a people to sit in our car and rest and relax as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/09\/12\/us-how-abusive-biased-policing-destroys-lives\u0022\u003ETerence Crutcher\u003C\/a\u003E did without getting our lives taken from us. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWe as a people are still not free when you have a major of our police department saying that we \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/12\/us\/tulsa-police-major-comments.html\u0022\u003Edon\u2019t kill Black people enough\u003C\/a\u003E. We as a people are not free when you have a mayor that says justice such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ktul.com\/news\/local\/mayor-says-reparations-would-divide-the-city-focuses-on-development?fbclid=IwAR3PAof5SlTSooB8_YkXqwNaqwTdWTT5C5gImDrwOHBPxJWh1vQS_bEnx5Y\u0022\u003Ereparations is divisive\u003C\/a\u003E. We demand reparations not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, not next year, but we demand reparations, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Governor and Mr. President, Now. Reparations Now.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-block-content embedded-entity-bundle-block-hrw-row embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__bg-color\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__content text-gray-800 relative z-20 px-12 py-12 \u0022\u003E\n\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-hrw-row__body rich-text font-sans text-2xl mt-3 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u201cTo have reconciliation, we must have reparations\u201d - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tulsa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Tulsa\u003C\/a\u003E Attorney Demario Solomon Simmons at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juneteenth?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Juneteenth\u003C\/a\u003E rally. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReparationsNow?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#ReparationsNow\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/zHom410Iap\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/zHom410Iap\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Ida Sawyer (@ida_sawyer) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274132651264311297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 20, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022 block-hrw-row__id-\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his remarks, Demario Solomon Simmons, a civil rights attorney and an adjunct professor of African and African American studies at the University of Oklahoma, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274132651264311297?s=20\u0022\u003Ealso explained\u003C\/a\u003E why reparations were needed:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are reparations? The root word means \u201cto repair.\u201d It\u2019s very simple. We need to repair the damage that was done, not just in 1921, but the continual massacre that has happened ever since that day. We must repair it because we suffer in north Tulsa. We suffer as Black people in this city. And the only way we can have reconciliation that they talk about it, is to have what? Reparations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA number of other speakers made powerful calls to action and justice, including: Dr. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274143357820899328?s=20\u0022\u003ETiffany Crutcher\u003C\/a\u003E, who has become a leading advocate for justice afterTulsa police killed her brother Terence in 2016; Greg Robinson, Tulsa \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kjrh.com\/news\/local-news\/tulsa-community-activist-announces-plan-to-run-for-mayor\u0022\u003Ecommunity activist\u003C\/a\u003E and candidate for mayor; Tulsa\u2019s City Council Vice Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274122620691271681?s=20\u0022\u003EVanessa Hall-Harper\u003C\/a\u003E, who is also Membership Committee and Power Group Chair for the Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce; and the civil rights activist and founder of the National Action Network, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ida_sawyer\/status\/1274149565558599681?s=20\u0022\u003EReverend Al Sharpton\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]