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Tulsa World loses seven employees as layoffs hit newsroom
The Tulsa World has served the city for more than 120 years and lost seven employees Friday morning.
JUDD SLIVKA
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mack’s Wings opens new location in south Tulsa
This is the company’s second location. The original spot, located at 782 E Pine Street, opened in 2019.
ISMAEL LELE
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Tulsa first responders study collision of mental health and homelessness amid Stitt’s camp sweeps
“The idea of offering treatment and housing to a person with a serious mental health illness, without first building a relationship with them, is naive and uninformed.”
KIMBERLY MARSH
The Oklahoma Eagle
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TALK OF GREENWOOD
PEOPLE, NEWS AND THE PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF TULSANS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE BUILDING A GREATER TULSA, EVERY DAY.
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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NYU-Tulsa hosts 11th annual Black Portraitures international conference at OSU-Tulsa
This year's conference focused on Tulsa’s history, art and contemporary culture.
ISMAEL LELE
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Mack’s Wings opens new location in south Tulsa
This is the company’s second location. The original spot, located at 782 E Pine Street, opened in 2019.
ISMAEL LELE
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Tulsa Tech Week launches with over 100 events to educate Tulsans
Organizer Tariqua “Tai” Nehisi wants people outside of the industry to know Tulsa’s potential as a tech hub.
ISMAEL LELE
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Tulsa mental health providers brace for budget cuts from state department of health
Over 500 contracts were cut or reduced throughout the state, totaling more than $40 million.
ISMAEL LELE
The Oklahoma Eagle
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Tulsa first responders study collision of mental health and homelessness amid Stitt’s camp sweeps
“The idea of offering treatment and housing to a person with a serious mental health illness, without first building a relationship with them, is naive and uninformed."
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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The Oklahoma Eagle
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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.
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.
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
“It is about hope and love, and will love win? Will love carry you through?”
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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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“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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