Juneteenth 2021 Celebration & Pitch
For Us Nation started in 2018, with the mission to recognize and uplift Juneteenth in order to celebrate our Freedom. Since then the country has begun acknowledging the date, and some states have officially declared Juneteenth a recognized holiday.
Juneteenth, officially known as “National Freedom Day”, was the first and oldest African American holiday to be observed by the United States. The 19th of June is a day that we encourage the people of California to reflect on the impact and significance that African Americans have made in the United States.
This year, 2021, we are also recognizing 100 years since the Tulsa Massacre, also known as Greenwood or Black Wall Street Massacre. The Tulsa Massacre occurred between May 31 and June 1st in the GreenWood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The massacre supposedly started because a 19 year old Black man named Dick Rowland Roda an elevator with a white teen named Sarah Page. Stories began circulating about what happened in the elevator and the real events are still not known today, but quickly the story got exaggerated to the point where the white citizens of Greenwood were ready to form a Lynch mob against him.
The mob destroyed over 35 square blocks of Greenwood, injured over 800 Black residents, and historians say about 300 people were killed during this act of white supremacist violence that was aided and abetted by the local white government.
ForUs Nation recognizes the hateful attack and calls for justice 100 years later, where the land of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, OK was never restored to its full glory. ForUs is fighting for a world where Black people are allowed to grow our communities in peace. 100 years later we are tying to rebuild Black Wall Street and regrow the wealth and prosperity that was stolen from our ancestors.
For Us Nation wants to do our part in helping to rebuild Black WallStreet, and take full advantage of our freedom. Therefore we wish to uplift you and your business! Please follow us on Instagram @Forus4us and send us your IG Reels pitch with #ForUsBWS
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