,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #b1 
#bjbj,ms4 ,warren 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4        
,booker1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 
,coons1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1    
,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4         
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4          
,menendez1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,sanders1
 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4   
,warner1 and ,mr4 ,whitehouse7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,recognizing  
the forthcoming centennial of the #aiba 
,tulsa ,race ,massacre4  ,whereas1 in   
the early #bjth century1 de jure        
segregation confined ,tulsa's ,black    
residents into the ,greenwood ,district1
 which they built into a thriving       
community with a nationally renowned    
entrepreneurial center known as the     
,black ,wall ,street2 ,whereas1 at the  

time1 ,white supremacy and racist       
violence were common throughout the     
,united ,states and went largely        
unchecked by the justice system2        
,whereas reports of an alleged and      
disputed incident on the morning of ,may
 #cj1 #aiba1 between two teenagers1 a   
,black man and a ,white woman1 caused   
the ,white community of ,tulsa1         
including the ,tulsa ,tribune1 to call  
for a lynching amidst a climate of      
,white racial hostility and ,white      
resentment over ,black economic success2
 ,whereas1 on ,may #ca1 #aiba1 a mob of 
armed ,white men descended upon ,tulsa's
 ,greenwood ,district and launched what 
is now known as the ,tulsa ,race        
,massacre2 ,whereas ,tulsa municipal and
 county authorities failed to take      
actions to calm or contain the violence1
 and civil and law enforcement officials
 deputized many ,white men who were     
participants in the violence as their   
agents1 directly contributing to the    
violence through overt and often illegal

 acts2 ,whereas1 over a period of #bd   
hours1 the ,white mob's violence led to 
the death of an estimated #cjj ,black   
residents1 as well as over #hjj reports 
of injuries2 ,whereas the ,white mob    
looted1 damaged1 burned1 or otherwise   
destroyed approximately #dj square      
blocks of the ,greenwood district1      
including an estimated #a1bef homes of  
,black residents1 as well as virtually  
every other structure1 including        
churches1 schools1 businesses1 a        
hospital1 and a library1 leaving nearly 
#i1jjj ,black ,tulsans homeless and     
effectively wiping out tens of millions 
of dollars in ,black prosperity and     
wealth in ,tulsa2 ,whereas1 in the wake 
of the ,tulsa ,race ,massacre1 the      
,governor of ,oklahoma declared martial 
law1 and units of the ,oklahoma         
,national ,guard participated in the    
mass arrests of all or nearly all of    
,greenwood's surviving residents1       
removing them from ,greenwood to other  
parts of ,tulsa and unlawfully detaining

 them in holding centers2 ,whereas      
,oklahoma local and ,state governments  
dismissed claims arising from the #aiba 
,tulsa ,race ,massacre for decades1 and 
the event was effectively erased from   
collective memory and history until1 in 
#aiig1 the ,oklahoma ,state ,legislature
 finally created a commission to study  
the event2 ,whereas on ,february #bh1   
#bjja1 the commission issued a report   
that detailed1 for the first time1 the  
extent of the ,massacre and decades-long
 efforts to suppress its recollection2  
,whereas none of the law enforcement    
officials nor any of the hundreds of    
other ,white mob members who            
participated in the violence were ever  
prosecuted or held accountable for the  
hundreds of lives lost and tens of      
millions of dollars of ,black wealth    
destroyed1 despite the ,tulsa ,race     
,massacre ,commission confirming their  
roles in the ,massacre1 nor was any     
compensation ever provided to the       
,massacre's victims or their            

descendants2 ,whereas government and    
city officials not only abdicated their 
responsibility to rebuild and repair the
 ,greenwood community in the wake of the
 violence1 but actively blocked efforts 
to do so1 contributing to continued     
racial disparities in ,tulsa akin to    
those that ,black people face across the
 ,united ,states2 ,whereas the pattern  
of violence against ,black people in the
 ,united ,states1 often at the hands of 
law enforcement1 shows that the fight to
 end ,state-sanctioned violence against 
,black people continues2 and ,whereas   
the year #bjba marks the #ajjth         
anniversary of the ,tulsa ,race         
,massacre3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that 
the ,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes the       
forthcoming centennial of the ,tulsa    
,race ,massacre2  7#b7 acknowledges the 
historical significance of this event as
 one of the largest single instances of 
,state-sanctioned violence against      
,black people in ,american history2     
7#c7 honors the lives and legacies of   

the estimated #cjj ,black individuals   
who were killed during the ,massacre and
 the nearly #i1jjj ,black individuals   
who were left homeless and penniless2   
7#d7 condemns the participants of the   
,tulsa ,race ,massacre1 including ,white
 municipal officials and law enforcement
 who directly participated in or who    
aided and abetted the unlawful violence2
  7#e7 condemns past and present efforts
 to cover up the truth and shield the   
,white community1 and especially ,state 
and local officials1 from accountability
 for the ,tulsa ,race ,massacre and     
other instances of violence at the hands
 of law enforcement2  7#f7 condemns the 
continued legacy of racism1 including   
systemic racism1 and ,white supremacy   
against ,black people in the ,united    
,states1 particularly in the form of    
police brutality2  7#g7 encourages      
education about the ,tulsa ,race        
,massacre1 including the horrors of the 
massacre itself1 the history of ,white  
supremacy that fueled the massacre1 and 

subsequent attempts to deny or cover up 
the ,massacre1 in all elementary and    
secondary education settings and in     
institutions of higher education in the 
,united ,states2 and  7#h7 recognizes   
the commitment of ,congress to          
acknowledge and learn from the history  
of racism and racial violence in the    
,united ,states1 including the ,tulsa   
,race ,massacre1 to reverse the legacy  
of ,white supremacy and fight for racial
 justice4