Critics decry Trump election rally in city of Tulsa race massacre on Juneteenth
Rally to be held on anniversary of end of slavery, in city where white mobs killed up to 300 black people
Donald Trump is facing a growing outcry for choosing to hold his first election rally during the coronavirus pandemic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the scene of one of the worst race massacres in US history in 1921.
The rally will also be held on 19 June – known as “Juneteenth” – the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Abraham’s Lincoln read out the emancipation proclamation in Texas, freeing slaves in the last un-emancipated state.
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