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After weekend violence, Greenwood remains unsettled
Isaiah Knight, 22, was doing what everyone tells GenZers of a working age to do, learn some skills and land a job. He had just graduated from welding school and was set to start a job on June 23.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor, Police Chief, Councilors outline strategies for addressing citywide violence
Tulsan Mayor Monroe Nichols and Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larsen outlined their plan for addressing rising violence in Tulsa, including the recent incidents involving teens in four separate incidents over the Juneteenth weekend.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Violence disrupts Juneteenth Celebrations in the Greenwood District
A 22-year-old male was shot and killed while trying to regain control over the area under the Greenwood overpass, TPD said in a posting on Facebook. Seven other individuals, ranging in age from 17 to an elderly woman were hit by gunfire and transported to local hospitals for treatment, the TPD report said.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Report Reveals Fresh Details of Graves of Possible Race Massacre
In a press conference on Wednesday June 18, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols revealed details about five previously unidentified potential victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and further information about the 1921 Graves Investigation into the Race Massacre burials.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor to Make Major Announcement Wednesday on Mass Graves Investigations
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols is expected to provide an update on Wednesday June 18 on findings from the investigation of mass graves of victims killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor Nichols Unveils Campaign to Secure $105 Million Trust To Fund Housing, Education & Opportunities for Tulsa’s Historic Black Community
City of Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols today announced a sweeping plan to address the tragedy that the bloody 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre wreaked on thousands of Black Tulsans and their descendants.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Fulton Street Books & Coffee Has Moved To Greenwood, And We’re Here For It
Should anyone perceive Fulton Street Books & Coffee's recent grand opening, at 21 N. Greenwood Ave. (next to Greenwood Rising), as merely a change of location to the historic district, that would completely miss the point of the event... A blame for the head, not the heart.
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Students of the COVID-19 Era
An ongoing series that explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, partially on Black, Indigenous and people of color communities in Oklahoma.
By Gary Lee, The Oklahoma Eagle.
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After weekend violence, Greenwood remains unsettled
Isaiah Knight, 22, was doing what everyone tells GenZers of a working age to do, learn some skills and land a job. He had just graduated from welding school and was set to start a job on June 23.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor, Police Chief, Councilors outline strategies for addressing citywide violence
Tulsan Mayor Monroe Nichols and Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larsen outlined their plan for addressing rising violence in Tulsa, including the recent incidents involving teens in four separate incidents over the Juneteenth weekend.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Violence disrupts Juneteenth Celebrations in the Greenwood District
A 22-year-old male was shot and killed while trying to regain control over the area under the Greenwood overpass, TPD said in a posting on Facebook. Seven other individuals, ranging in age from 17 to an elderly woman were hit by gunfire and transported to local hospitals for treatment, the TPD report said.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Report Reveals Fresh Details of Graves of Possible Race Massacre
In a press conference on Wednesday June 18, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols revealed details about five previously unidentified potential victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and further information about the 1921 Graves Investigation into the Race Massacre burials.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor to Make Major Announcement Wednesday on Mass Graves Investigations
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols is expected to provide an update on Wednesday June 18 on findings from the investigation of mass graves of victims killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mayor Nichols Unveils Campaign to Secure $105 Million Trust To Fund Housing, Education & Opportunities for Tulsa’s Historic Black Community
City of Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols today announced a sweeping plan to address the tragedy that the bloody 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre wreaked on thousands of Black Tulsans and their descendants.
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Students of the COVID-19 Era: How the Pandemic followed them to Langston University, Oklahoma’s only HBCU
TULSA – The coronavirus pandemic may be waning across much of the globe. However, for many students at Langston University – the only Oklahoma historically Black college and university – the aftereffects still impact their lives at its campuses in Langston, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
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Gary Lee
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Oklahoma GOP-led Measure Providing Public Funding For Private Education Becomes Law
Oklahoma Students Will Suffer Most. For the thousands of pupils in Tulsa – and across Oklahoma – who struggled with school during the COVID-19 pandemic, those challenges are destined to impact their earnings potential in the workplace. Students of the COVID-19 era will likely take home thousands of dollars less in wages annually than they would have had the pandemic not occurred, according to a new education study.
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John Neal
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A Book That Finally Tells Greenwood’s Epic Story
“Before its burning, Greenwood Avenue had been lined with hotels, restaurants, furriers, and even an early taxi service using a Ford Model T,” Luckerson wrote in The Ringer. “Nearly 200 businesses populated the 35-square-block district in all, as did some homes as stately as the ones owned by upper-class whites in the city.”
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M. David Goodwin
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Doubts Rise Over A Resolution To Tulsa Race Massacre Mass Graves
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia – JoAnn Goodwin Fields Gilford, a Tulsa community stalwart who shattered racial barriers as an educator, school board member and principal, died May 12, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She was 91.
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Oklahoma GOP-led Measure Providing Public Funding For Private Education Becomes Law
The new legislation will likely weaken Tulsa Public Schools and other public school systems across the state by diverting millions of dollars from them. It may also disadvantage families in economically disadvantaged communities, many of whom cannot afford private schools, several educators and lawmakers have said.
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John Neal
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Students of the COVID-19 Era: How the Pandemic followed them to Langston University, Oklahoma’s only HBCU
TULSA – The coronavirus pandemic may be waning across much of the globe. However, for many students at Langston University – the only Oklahoma historically Black college and university – the aftereffects still impact their lives at its campuses in Langston, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
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Gary Lee
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A Book That Finally Tells Greenwood’s Epic Story
“Before its burning, Greenwood Avenue had been lined with hotels, restaurants, furriers, and even an early taxi service using a Ford Model T,” Luckerson wrote in The Ringer. “Nearly 200 businesses populated the 35-square-block district in all, as did some homes as stately as the ones owned by upper-class whites in the city.”
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M. David Goodwin
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In The Era Of COVID-19, Tulsa Public Schools Lost A Generation Of Black And Brown Students
The Oklahoma Eagle is investigating how the coronavirus pandemic impacted the education of the Black and Brown children in Tulsa Public Schools. In the first installment of our three-part series, we detail the impact the pandemic has had on the disadvantaged schools in our community.
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Gary Lee
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Doubts Rise Over A Resolution To Tulsa Race Massacre Mass Graves
Is the city of Tulsa serious in its mission to uncover the mystery of bodies still missing from the 1921 Race Massacre?
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Remote Learning Delivers Mixed Success for Tulsa Area Students in the Era Of COVID-19
The Oklahoma Eagle has conducted a probe into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the nearly 33,000 students in Tulsa Public Schools and the surrounding metropolitan area school districts.
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Gary Lee
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FWD: People First
“Nearly 2 million people are incarcerated in U.S. jails & prisons. Too often, they are described as “offender” & “felon”. These labels bias the public against criminal justice reform and make more freedom less possible.“
Word choices matter. Put #peoplefirst.
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WE PURSUE THE FULL AND CLEAR TRUTHS ABOUT THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN GREATER TULSA AND OKLAHOMA, FROM K-12 TO OUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.
ARTS & CULTURE
THE HISTORIC GREENWOOD DISTRICT AND GREATER TULSA HAVE A VIBRANT AND RICH ARTS COMMUNITY, WORTHY OF DISCOVERY AND CELEBRATION.
EDUCATION
WE PURSUE THE FULL AND CLEAR TRUTHS ABOUT THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN GREATER TULSA AND OKLAHOMA, FROM K-12 TO OUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.
Republican governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma and their respective GOP-majority legislatures have moved aggressively to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the education system in their states.
ARTS & CULTURE
THE HISTORIC GREENWOOD DISTRICT AND GREATER TULSA HAVE A VIBRANT AND RICH ARTS COMMUNITY, WORTHY OF DISCOVERY AND CELEBRATION.
HADESTOWN: A CLASSIC PRODUCTION WITH CONTEMPORARY THEMES
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“The narratives and voices of the African American community are worthy of being amplified while aligned with our highest virtue, truth.“
We actively build and nurture a culture that is committed to an unwavering exploration of truth and what it reveals.
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CAN BUTTIGIEG'S $1B PLAN HELP TULSA
The U.S. Transportation Secretary hopes to deliver on Pres. Joe Biden’s pledge to reconnect Black communities across America.
Of Greenwood: Liberty Mutual Insurance Series
The Oklahoma Eagle’s “Of Greenwood” series is part of our 2nd Century Campaign, which commemorates the hundredth anniversary of this African American newspaper. “Of Greenwood,” is a monthly series examines key legacies that helped to shape our community as the “Black Wall Street of America.” Our series receives support from Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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