ʻO ka pepehi kanaka Lahui Tulsa o 1921

E hui pū ʻo Biden me nā mea i pakele o ka lāhui Tulsa Race Massacre o 1921.

I kēia kakahiaka, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Pelekikena Biden i kahi lā hoʻomanaʻo, e hōʻailona ana i ka makahiki o ka luku ʻana i ka lāhui Tulsa. ʻO kāna kipa ʻana iā Tulsa e uhi i kahi hopena pule lōʻihi i piha i nā hanana, nā mea haʻiʻōlelo, a me nā makaʻala.

Heluhelu pū kekahi Ua pane aku ʻo Pelekikena Trump ma mua i nā hōʻike o ka Grand Jury Probe.

Tulsa Race Massacre o 1921: He aha ia lā?

Hoʻomanaʻo ia i nā makahiki 100 o nā manawa pōʻeleʻele loa i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 1900, ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻāpana ʻApelika-ʻAmelika o ka lāʻau uliuli ma ke ʻano he alanui ʻeleʻele, me kāna mau hale kūʻai ponoʻī, nā hale ʻai, a me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. A hiki i ke ahiahi o ka la 31 o Mei, 1921, i iho mai ai kekahi poe keokeo maluna o ka laau uliuli, e pana ana i na kanaka eleele me ka manao ole.

I ka manawa like, puhi i nā tausani o nā hale a me nā ʻoihana me nā hale pule a me nā kula. I ka pau ʻana o ka luku ʻana he 48 mau hola ma hope, i ka lā 1 o Iune, 1921, e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā mea hōʻike, ua hoʻopuni ʻia nā haneli o nā mea i pakele i ka pū. No laila, koi ʻia e hele i nā kahua hoʻomoana kahi i mālama ʻia ai no nā pule.

Ua haʻi ka poʻe i pakele i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kino i hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Arkansas a i loko o nā lua kupapaʻu. Ke uē mau nei kēlā poʻe kūpuna mai kēia ʻāina ponoʻī, kēia ʻāina kapu, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, “Mai poina. Hoʻomanaʻo iaʻu."

I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ʻelua o nā mea ola hope loa i mua o ka ʻaha kūkā e koi i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana a koi i ka hoʻopono. Mr. Hughes van Ellis, 100 makahiki, a me kona kaikuahine, ms. Viola fletcher, he 107 makahiki. He 7 wale nō ʻo ia i ka pō o kēlā hoʻouka kaua hoʻopaʻa ʻia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Viola Fletcher, “ʻAʻole au e poina i ka hana ʻino. Ke ʻike nei au i nā kānaka ʻeleʻele e pana ʻia ana. Honi au i ka uahi a ʻike i ke ahi. Lohe au i ka uwa. Ua ola au i ka pepehi kanaka i kēlā me kēia lā. Poina paha ko mākou ʻāina i kēia mōʻaukala, akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu.

Ma hope aku i kēia lā, e hui ʻo Pelekikena Biden me nā mea ola ʻekolu i ʻike ʻia, ma waena o 100 a 107 mau makahiki. ʻO ia kona manawa e lohe pololei ai i kā lākou mau moʻolelo a pili pū me ke kipa ʻana. Ke hoʻolaha nei ka hale keʻokeʻo i nā hana hou e pili ana i ke kōkua ʻana i nā kaiāulu paʻakikī kālā o ka waihoʻoluʻu a pani i ka ʻāpana waiwai lāhui.