<p>TULSA, Okla. — President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa next week to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre that claimed up to hundreds of lives in the city.</p>
<p>The White House said Tuesday that Biden will visit Tulsa on June 1. His appearance will follow a weekend of events including a keynote speech from <a href="https://apnews.com/article/stacey-abrams-tulsa-lifestyle-21bdc334e088191fdb5abaf428161a4d">Stacey Abrams</a> and a performance by <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-john-legend-tulsa-entertainment-music-d30ee2f840f94eee9e2fe03d48f2e5e5">John Legend</a>.</p>
<p>In 1921, a white mob descended on the Black section of Tulsa, known as Greenwood, and burned 1,000 homes and looted hundreds more. The community has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-race-massacre-1921-100-years-later-3bc13e842c31054a90b6d1c81db9d70c">never recovered</a> from the attack.</p>
<p>Details of Biden’s visit weren’t immediately released Tuesday. His trip comes just under a year after then-President Donald Trump picked Tulsa as the site for his <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-racial-injustice-tulsa-89a91180f11abadc70500f3222a694e5">first campaign rally</a> after the coronavirus pandemic hit. Trump initially scheduled the rally for <a href="https://apnews.com/article/b8ce1d6f0e8b0e7269a8c569ffd52389">Juneteenth</a>, when the last enslaved African Americans learned they had been freed, but later rescheduled it.</p>
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<p>Find AP’s full coverage of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre at: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tulsa-race-massacre">https://apnews.com/hub/tulsa-race-massacre</a></p>
