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A Black Wall Street sign is pictured in the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.
Oklahoma's history offers a truer, unvarnished portrait of America, with its ambitions, erasures, stubborn beauty and its ...
Cyclists from Oklahoma City complete Ride4Equity, a 1,600-mile trek from Tulsa to New York City, raising awareness for racial and economic justice. Wednesday, July 9th 2025, 7:31 am ...
Afropop, Oklahoma’s all-natural, Black-owned craft soda brand is taking its mission to a national audience with the launch of pre-orders for its online store beginning April 4. Whether it’s ...
Black OKC Courtesy of Visit Oklahoma City A highlight of Oklahoma City’s cultural calendar is Juneteenth on the East. Held annually, the 2025 celebration is scheduled for June 19–21.
Tulsa's new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed ...
From James Beard winners to soul food legends, these spots show Oklahoma City’s Black culinary scene has been championship-worthy all along.
High school students in Oklahoma would be asked to identify “discrepancies” in the 2020 election as part of U.S. history classes, according to new social studies standards recently approved by ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, a teacher and civil rights activist, and Carter G. Woodson, a historian and creator of Black History Month, were two of the movement’s most prominent leaders. “What Bethune did, ...
Setting records in Oklahoma junior golf, Harrison Shaw is showcasing his skills at the PGA High School Golf National ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The 90th anniversary of one of the worst days in Oklahoma history, marked as “Black Sunday” by survivors of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, was commemorated Monday at ...
The Oklahoman Opinion Oklahoma at a crossroads ― continue rejection of racist history or go backward | Opinion John Thompson Fri, May 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM PDT 4 min read ...