WE WILL SEE YOU
SOON. %
>> TAKE CARE. %
>>> THE MAYOR OF
TULSA, OKLAHOMA,
IMPOSING A %
CURFEW
AHEAD OF
PRESIDENT %
TRUMP’S THE
CAMPAIGN %
TOMORROW. %
. THEY ARE %
CONCERNED ABOUT %
POTENTIAL ISSUES
BETWEEN %
PROTESTERS AND
THE VIRUS. %
MORGAN RADFORD %
JOINING US FROM
TULSA. %
MORGAN, TRUMP %
SUPPORTERS HAVE %
BEEN LINED UP %
FOR DAYS %
NOW TO GET INTO
TOMORROW’S
RALLY. %
WHAT ARE PEOPLE
IN TULSA SAYING %
ABOUT IT? %
>> Reporter: %
WELL RIGHT NOW, %
ALISON, WE’RE %
STANDING
IN THE HISTORIC
GREENWOOD %
DISTRICT, AND %
YOU CAN SEE %
BEHIND ME, THIS %
IS PART OF THE
JUNETEENTH %
CELEBRATION THAT %
HAS BEEN GOING %
ON. %
THIS WAS PLANNED
BEFORE THE %
PRESIDENT %
INTENDED TO
COME. %
THEY ARE %
CELEBRATING THE %
FREEDOM OF THOSE
FINAL %
SLAVES IN
GALVESTON, %
TEXAS. %
IT ALSO COMES ON %
THE HEELS OF %
HONORING THE %
LEGACY OF
THAT TULSA RACE %
THAT HAPPENED IN
1921. %
WE HAD 300 BLACK %
PEOPLE IN THE %
CITY. %
EIGHT HUNDRED
WERE HURT, AND %
THOUSANDS WERE
LEFT %
HOMELESS WHEN A %
SERIES OF WHITE %
LOOTERS CAME %
INTO %
THIS AREA AND %
TRIED TO DESTROY %
IT. %
THIS IS THE %
HEART OF BLACK %
LIFE. %
HISTORICALLY, %
THIS IS WHERE %
THEY CALLED IT %
THE KIND %
OF BLACK WALL
STREET. %
YOU HAD 30 %
BLACKS AT MOVIE %
THEATERS AND
BUSINESSES, %
AND A PLACE FOR
BLACK PEOPLE TO %
CONVENE. %
BUT NOT FAR FROM %
THEIR MINDS IS
THE FACT THAT %
THE %
PRESIDENT IS ON
HIS WAY, %
SOMETHING THAT
SOME %
RESIDENTS HAVE %
DESCRIBED AS A %
SLAP IN THE %
FACE. %
TAKE A LISTEN. %
>> HOW DO YOU %
FEEL ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S %
VISIT? %
WHAT MESSAGE DO
YOU RECEIVE? %
>> AGAIN, AS WE %
SAY, IT AUTO’S %
SLAP IN THE FACE %
TO, %
YOU KNOW, THE %
BLACK COMMUNITY, %
THE HISTORY OF
WHAT %
HAPPENED BACK IN %
1921, THE RACE
MASSACRE. %
HERE YOU’RE ON
HOLY GROUND. %
A LOT OF PEOPLE
DIE. %
MEN, WOMEN,
CHILDREN BURNED. %
WHITE MOBS. %
THEY DROPPED
BOMBS ON
BUSINESSES. %
SO THE PRESIDENT %
OR HIS STAFF, TO %
PLAN OR SCHEDULE
A %
RALLY ON A DAY %
THAT WE
CELEBRATE
FREEDOM AND %
BEING
THE 99th YEAR OF %
THE RACE %
MASSACRE IS A %
DISGRACE. %
IT IS BEYOND %
BITTER. %
IT IS HURTFUL. %
A LOT OF %
BUSINESSES ARE
VERY %
DISAPPOINTED, %
AND TO %
HAVE A RALLY %
RIGHT HERE IN
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, %
WHICH A %
LOT OF PEOPLE
DON’T KNOW THAT %
THERE IS -- I %
MEAN %
THIS IS A STATE
THAT’S SAFE. %
I’M FROM HERE. %
I FIRST HEARD %
ABOUT THE
MASSACRE WHEN I
WAS %
NINE-AND-A-HALF %
YEARS OLD. %
>> DO YOU FEEL
LIKE THERE’S A
RACE PROBLEM? %
>> OH, OH, YEAH, %
IT’S BIG TIME. %
A LOT OF THINGS
DOWN HERE IS %
LIKEWISE. %
THERE’S A LOT OF
RED LINING DOWN
HERE. %
LOOK AT WHAT WE %
HAVE LEFT OF
WALL STREET. %
THIS WAS AN
HISTORIC %
DISTRICT. %
THIS HIGHWAY WAS
DELIBERATELY PUT %
HERE TO DIVIDE
THE %
COMMUNITY, TO %
PUSH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY OUT. %
>> Reporter: YOU %
HEARD MR. HARRIS %
TALK ABOUT THOSE %
DISPARITIES THAT
HE FEELS EXIST. %
THEY’RE ALSO
SUPPORTED %
NUMERICALLY. %
IF YOU LOOK AT %
UNEMPLOYMENT, %
BLACK RESIDENTS %
HERE IN %
TULSA HAVE TWICE %
THE RACE OF
UNEMPLOYMENT. %
IT STANDS AT A
RACE OF 34%
COMPARED TO 13% %
FOR WHITE %
FOLKS AND
RESIDENTS. %
ALISON? %
>> THERE ARE %
ALSO HEALTH %
CONCERNS HERE AS
WELL, NOT %
ONLY THAT THIS %
EVENT WAS %
ORIGINALLY %
SCHEDULED TO BE
ON JUNETEENTH, %
BUT THAT IT’S %
HAPPENING IN THE %
MIDST %
OF THE
CORONAVIRUS %
PANDEMIC, A %
PANDEMIC THAT WE %
DISCUSSED MANY
TIMES IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTING
BLACK AMERICANS. %
>> Reporter:
THAT’S RIGHT. %
THE REALITY IS %
THE CITY IS %
TRYING TO DO %
SOME THINGS %
TO MAKE SURE THE %
RESIDENTS ARE %
SAFE. %
THEY’VE BLOCKED %
OFF CERTAIN %
STREETS, CERTAIN %
AREAS %
AROUND THE BOX %
CENTER WHERE %
THAT TRUMP RALLY %
WILL BE
HELD. %
THEY’RE SAYING,
"ARE WE REALLY
SAFE? %
THERE WAS A %
CURFEW. %
THE PRESIDENT
JUST TWEETED, %
SAYING THAT THE %
MAYOR %
TALKED TO HIM, %
SAYING THERE
WILL NOT BE A %
CURFEW FOR
PEOPLE ATTENDING
THIS RALLY. %
THERE ARE STILL
QUESTIONS IN THE
AIR AS CASES %
SURGING. %
. THAT’S
DEFINITELY
THAT’S ON