HI SCR49

Acknowledges the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in which thousands of white residents invaded the Greenwood District, killed an estimated 300 African Americans, destroyed approximately 1,256 homes and virtually all structures, and caused over $2,000,000 in property damage within 24 hours.

Condemns the historical injustices including the failure of local officials to prevent violence, the deputizing of white mobs, the arrest and detention of 6,000 surviving Greenwood residents in internment camps, and the immunity granted to white perpetrators by the all-white grand jury and state attorney.

Requests that members of the United States Congress advance S.Res. 104 in the Senate (sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren with 25 cosponsors) and H.Res. 205 in the House (sponsored by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee with 93 cosponsors) to recognize the centennial.

Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to congressional leadership, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the Governor of Oklahoma, the Mayor and City Council of Tulsa, and the Chairperson of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.