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CARL AZUZ: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz.
Welcoming our viewers around the world
to the last broadcast of our spring season.
Fridays are awesome.
Many Americans have a three-day weekend coming up.
Since 1971, the Memorial Day holiday has been observed
on the last Monday in May.
It's come to symbolize the unofficial beginning of summer,
a time of cookouts and family reunions,
a time when Americans can wear white shoes again
according to an old-fashioned fashion rule.
But the true meaning of the holiday is in remembrance.
Memorial Day is a tribute to all Americans
who died serving in their nation's conflicts.
It started during the Civil War when mourners used
flowers to decorate the graves of those
who'd been killed in battle.
That gave rise to the holiday known as Decoration Day.
It was marked in states that fought for the Union
and the Confederacy.
After World War I, which ended in 1918,
the holidays name was changed to Memorial Day.
And it became a time to remember servicemen and women
who'd been lost in every war.
Flags are placed in their honor.
Parades and church services, public events are held.
The president traditionally lays a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington
National Cemetery that can take place on Veterans Day as well.
But while that holiday recognizes everyone who's
served in the armed forces, Memorial Day
focuses on those who gave their lives in service.
The respects paid at Arlington or mirrored
in cemeteries in communities all across America.
This year Memorial Day coincides with another historic date.
One of America's worst outbreaks of racial violence
occurred on May 31, 1921.
It's known as the Tulsa Race Massacre
or the Tulsa Race Riot.
Historians believe it started with an accusation
against a Black man, a confrontation
between Black and white mobs, the fatal shooting
of a white protester, and then widespread destruction
of an African-American neighborhood
of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
There's a lot of mystery around it.
No one knows who actually fired the first shot.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica,
estimates of the number killed range from 30 to 300,
mostly African-Americans.
Here's CNN 10 contributor, Chris James.
CHRIS JAMES: Hey, Carl.
I've come to Tulsa, Oklahoma, a city that's
been reckoning with their own painful history
of racial violence.
Right here on the ground where I'm standing once
stood the neighborhood known as Black Wall Street.
100 years ago, this was a thriving and prosperous
Black community called the Greenwood District
with movie theaters, stores, doctors,
schools, and even a pilot who owned his own plane.
Keep in mind, during this time it
was illegal for Black people and white people
to freely shop and live in the same places.
They weren't even allowed to use the same water fountains.
Tensions between residents reached a tipping point
after an incident inside an elevator
when an unconfirmed rumor began to spread
that a 19-year-old Black man tried to hurt
a 17-year-old white girl.
On May 31, 1921, a group of Black and white men
confronted each other outside the Tulsa courthouse.
After the firing of gunshots, pure and utter mayhem ensued.
A mob of angry white residents began
to loot and burn Black businesses
throughout the Greenwood District.
In the span of 24 hours, 35 square blocks were burned
and over 1,200 houses were destroyed.
It's unclear how many people were killed.
But some historians have the number as high as 300
with thousands left homeless.
This Monday will mark the 100th year
anniversary of what's now known as the Tulsa Race Massacre.
It's one of the worst incidents of racial violence
in US history.
And for decades, it was one of the least
talked about in news reports and public school textbooks.
But now, the City of Tulsa has decided
to face its dark past to ensure a brighter future for all.
And on Monday, a special edition of CNN 10,
I'll introduce you to the teachers
and students leading the way.
Back to you, Carl.
CARL AZUZ: 10-second trivia.
In what year was the first spacewalk completed--
1957, 1965, 1969, or 1972?
In March of 1965, a Soviet cosmonaut
took the first spacewalk.
An American astronaut followed three months later.
The anniversary of that is next week on June 3,.
It will mark 56 years since astronaut
Ed White took a walk in space.
It was one thing to get outside the Gemini 4 capsule in orbit.
It was another to actually get work done according to NASA.
So astronauts on subsequent missions
began training underwater so they'd have an idea about what
it'd be like in space.
- Separating from the spacecraft.
- OK, separating from the spacecraft at this time.
JOHN OLIVAS: The airlock hash came open.
Immediately inside the airlock itself,
it was bathed in this beautiful color blue.
It was a light reflecting off the ocean below.
And I saw-- saw planet Earth and just my feet
just dangling there.
And I thought to myself, this is absolutely beautiful.
I can't believe it I'm here.
And then I said, OK, we got work to do.
- [inaudible]
JOHN OLIVAS: Process associated with actually
going out the door begins months beforehand.
- [inaudible]
JOHN OLIVAS: Understanding of the choreography of what's
going to take place over an eight-hour period,
what are the technical challenges
for that particular activity.
- [inaudible]
JOHN OLIVAS: You're your own self-contained vessel.
You have your own oxygen system, your own power supply,
your own communication system.
You have obviously all the tools that you've brought with you.
You have the ability to reject the heat
that you're building up as you're
working inside the spacesuit.
So you have to kind of manage all
that as your own little independent spacecraft
out there.
And because we can rely heavily on our training,
that allows us to not be overwhelmed with the things
that you just can't emulate here on the ground.
At the end of our first spacewalk,
I stopped on the truss just for a second, and it was nighttime.
And I looked down below.
And I could-- it was--
I knew exactly where I was.
I was over the Indian Ocean because I could see
the lights along the coastline.
It's just such an incredible feeling
to just be able to see that, to take that in, and kind of
be able to be in that moment.
CARL AZUZ: Quick, name the world's
largest carnivorous marsupial.
If you said Tasmanian devil, you're pretty smart.
Usually, you'll find these things on the Australian Island
of Tasmania.
Conservationists say they used to be on the mainland
but died out because of disease and competition from dingoes.
Anyway, efforts to reintroduce them to the continent
are making progress.
A wildlife sanctuary says seven Tasmanian
devil babies were just born in the Australian wild.
Of course, this isn't good news for foxes or feral cats.
They don't want to "Tas" back on the mainland land,
especially if they're carrying pouches full of babies that may
not play well with the kids.
But those species that don't mind another pupping back in
could find themselves [inaudible] a great time.
It's always a Joey when you're "kitting"
around and having fun.
And if it continues, it can lead to "Tas-mania."
On that note, it has been a Joey to bring you
the news throughout a crazy academic year.
We are so grateful.
It is such a blessing to have the best audience in news.
And we hope you have nothing but good news
throughout the summer.
Shout out goes out to Flagstaff High School.
Thank you for watching from Flagstaff, Arizona.
I'm Carl Azuz we will look forward
to seeing all y'all again when we return in August.
But until then, "Tas" all folks for our spring
broadcasting season of CNN.
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