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Beartracks

(13,507 posts)
Thu May 16, 2024, 12:40 PM May 2024

U.S. Senate considers designating site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a national monument

U.S. Senate considers designating site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a national monument

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The U.S. Senate National Parks subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday morning to consider designating the Greenwood district as a national monument.

If the historic legislation is passed, the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will become the first national monument in Oklahoma.
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Senators Lankford and Booker introduced S. 3543 to preserve the Historic Greenwood District’s legacy and prevent erasure.
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The bill is being championed by the Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National Monument Coalition, which submitted testimony for the hearing.



More: https://ktul.com/news/local/us-senate-considers-designating-site-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-as-a-national-monument-national-parks-subcommittee-greenwood-district-living-survivors-decendants-hearing

The hearing was yesterday, May 15, 2024.

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U.S. Senate considers designating site of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a national monument (Original Post) Beartracks May 2024 OP
About damned time! niyad May 2024 #1
If it needs to beat filibuster will 10 R's vote for this ? JT45242 May 2024 #2

JT45242

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2. If it needs to beat filibuster will 10 R's vote for this ?
Thu May 16, 2024, 12:44 PM
May 2024

Seriously, what should be a no brainer -- will they find 10 senators with an R next to their name to allow this to go to a vote?

Pretty certain that at least one Senator from Oklahoma will vote NO.

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