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HAMILTON: HISTORY REFRAMED IN LIVING COLOR

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THE DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY

NATION

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DOCUMENTARY BRINGING BACK CHOCOLATE CITY

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BLACK MEN ARE EXCELLENT

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Ernestine Dillard, Known As ‘The Voice Who Helped Healed The Nation,’ dies.

Ernestine Marcus Buntyn Dillard, who spent three decades as a registered nurse but whose gift as a self-trained singer led her to perform first in church choirs and later at some of the most treasured venues in the United States and Europe and before three U.S. presidents, died Thursday, Feb. 16, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, following a lengthy illness.

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The Police Killing of Tyre Nichols: Is it time to reform the current police state system?

Our communities are fully aware of the broader threat from police state officials, well beyond concerns of representation. What persists, nationally, is the full-throated defense of institutions without regard for the public that they are committed to serve.

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OP-ED

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Tyre Nichols, Police State, Daunte Wright, Andre Hill, Manuel Ellis, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Stephon Clark, Terence Crutcher, Aura Rosser, Tulsa Police Department, TPD, Criminal Justice, Deadly Force, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

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A New Class Will Focus on Oklahoma’s Black History Cost-free and Comprehensive

Do you yearn to know – or want your kids to learn - more about how Blacks first settled in Oklahoma? Or how the Black Wall Street District rebounded after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre? Or what about the real story of Bass Reeves, the renegade Black law enforcement official, and deputy U.S. Marshall, who was a central figure in pre-statehood Oklahoma history.

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Gary Lee

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TPD Muzzles Citizen Complaint Information

The Tulsa Police Department (TPD) has quietly curtailed providing a trove of information to the public concerning citizens’ complaints and use of force incidents by the department.

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John Neal

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Panel: Tulsa School Board in Standoff Over North Tulsa Seat

The Tulsa Public School Board is gearing up to select a North Tulsa representative to replace Board member Judith Barba Perez.

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John Neal

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Ernestine Dillard, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

Ernestine Dillard, Known As ‘The Voice Who Helped Healed The Nation,’ Dies.

Ernestine Marcus Buntyn Dillard, who spent three decades as a registered nurse but whose gift as a self-trained singer led her to perform first in church choirs and later at some of the most treasured venues in the United States and Europe and before three U.S. presidents, died Thursday, Feb. 16, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, following a lengthy illness.

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The Oklahoma Eagle

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Tyre Nichols, Police State, Daunte Wright, Andre Hill, Manuel Ellis, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Stephon Clark, Terence Crutcher, Aura Rosser, Tulsa Police Department, TPD, Criminal Justice, Deadly Force, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

The Police Killing of Tyre Nichols: Is it time to reform the current police state system?

Our communities are fully aware of the broader threat from police state officials, well beyond concerns of representation. What persists, nationally, is the full-throated defense of institutions without regard for the public that they are committed to serve.

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Op-Ed

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Black History Satursday, Oklahoma School Board of Education, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

A New Class Will Focus on Oklahoma’s Black History Cost-free and Comprehensive

TULSA – Do you yearn to know – or want your kids to learn - more about how Blacks first settled in Oklahoma? Or how the Black Wall Street District rebounded after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre? Or what about the real story of Bass Reeves, the renegade Black law enforcement official, and deputy U.S. Marshall, who was a central figure in pre-statehood Oklahoma history.

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Gary Lee

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Panel: Tulsa School Board in Standoff Over North Tulsa Seat

After nearly two months of deliberations, the Tulsa Public Schools Board has failed to fill a vacant North Tulsa school board seat. For the past few weeks, the Board has been bogged down in a series of 3-3 votes with different factions unwilling to break the logjam to fill the seat for District 2 that Judith Barba Perez vacated at the end of January.

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John Neal

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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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LATEST NEWS

PEOPLE, NEWS AND THE PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF TULSANS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE BUILDING A GREATER TULSA, EVERY DAY.

918 SERIES

A BRIEF Q&A WITH TULSANS WHO SHARE THEIR PASSIONS AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

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Black Queer Tulsa’s Diamond Ball

Black excellence was on ful display at Black Queer Tulsa’s Diamond Ball this year.

Hamilton: The American Musical is History Reframed In Living Color

Hamilton, the breakthrough musical created on Broadway by composer and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, tells the story of the life of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, with a non-white cast, predominantly African American and Latino players, with a contemporary, lyrical hip-hop + jazz and blues score. The celebrated production is coming to Tulsa March 7-9.

Panel: Tulsa School Board in Standoff Over North Tulsa Seat

After nearly two months of deliberations, the Tulsa Public Schools Board has failed to fill a vacant North Tulsa school board seat. For the past few weeks, the Board has been bogged down in a series of 3-3 votes with different factions unwilling to break the logjam to fill the seat for District 2 that Judith Barba Perez vacated at the end of January.

LATEST NEWS

PEOPLE, NEWS AND THE PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF TULSANS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE BUILDING A GREATER TULSA, EVERY DAY.

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BLACK QUEER TULSA'S DIAMOND BALL

Black excellence was on ful display at Black Queer Tulsa’s Diamond Ball this year.

918 SERIES

A BRIEF Q&A WITH TULSANS WHO SHARE THEIR PASSIONS AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

Aba Hammond, TYPOS, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

918: ABA N. HAMMOND, OUTGOING CHAIR, TULSA'S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Aba N. Hammond, the outgoing chair of Tulsa's Young Professionals (TYPROS). Hammond, 30, a business strategist and consultant by profession, is the first Black to serve in TYPROS's chair role.

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Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Replaces Carlisha Williams Bradley, The Only African American and Educator on State Board of Education

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt this week removed Tulsan Carlisha Williams Bradley as the only African American member and educator from the seven-member Oklahoma State Board of Education (OSBE).

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The Oklahoma Eagle

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Alisa Bell, J.A.M.E.S.: A Champion For Young Mothers

Since it was founded in 2007, J.A.M.E.S., Inc. has helped hundreds of young Tulsa mothers, Bell estimates. Around 70 percent are young Black Tulsans, while the others are white, Native American or Latina.

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Ross D. Johnson, The Oklahoma Eagle

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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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The Oklahoma Eagle

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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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Adobe

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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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The Oklahoma Eagle

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COVID, COVID-19, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle

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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Adobe

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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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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.

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Oklahoma Needs Critical Race Theory 

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.

Jarrod Kopp, Obum UkabamLittle Shop of Horrors, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, TPAC, Graceson Todd, Majeste Pearson, James Burkhalter III, Joseph Wright, Nash McQuarters, Justin Daniels, Jamia Newsome, Alexandria Moore, Elara Ford, Joseph Wright, Terrell Crawford, Josh Yap,

HADESTOWN: A CLASSIC PRODUCTION WITH CONTEMPORARY THEMES

“It is about hope and love, and will love win? Will love carry you through?”

TALK OF GREENWOOD

LEADERS FETED AT WOMEN OF COLOR EXPO

TALK OF GREENWOOD

LINCOLN ALUMNI 23RD REUNION CELEBRATION

TALK OF GREENWOOD

94 BEAUTIFUL CANDLES FOR ELREATHA LEE

BUSINESS

JEREMY JOHNSON: KITCHENTABLE & CATERING CO.

AROUND TOWN: BLACK WALL STREET & GREATER TULSA

DISCOVER ALL OF THE GREAT FILMS, OUTDOOR EVENTS, CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS AND FAMILY FUN THAT GREATER TULSA OFFERS.

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THE NUTCRACKER

Join us for this story of a young girl’s magical journey on Christmas Eve, set in 19th century Germany. Exciting choreography by Val Caniparoli and Ma Cong, plus breathtaking sets and costumes by designer Tracy Grant Lord, leave audiences spellbound.

FESTIVAL NIGHTS

Thousands of spectacular lights illuminate the Philbrook Gardens for a festive experience unlike any other. Celebrate the season with hot cocoa, musical light shows, make-and-take art projects, visits with Santa nightly from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m., and more.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year and create lifelong memories this holiday season as Gathering Place transforms into Winter Wonderland!

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Robert Odle's and Richard Averill's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved novella about the joy of giving has been a Tulsa tradition for more than 40 years.

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ROUTE 66 TWINKLE TOUR

Cruise Route 66 to see the holiday decorations, festive lights, and vibrant neon signage for the 4th Annual Route 66 Twinkle Tour brought to you by the Tulsa Route 66 Commission!

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FESTIVAL NIGHTS

Thousands of spectacular lights illuminate the Philbrook Gardens for a festive experience unlike any other. Celebrate the season with hot cocoa, musical light shows, make-and-take art projects, visits with Santa nightly from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m., and more.

CELEBRATE KWANZAA

Since the creation of Kwanzaa in the 1960s, the weeklong event has established itself as an annual celebration of community enrichment. Families are invited to “Celebrate Kwanzaa” Dec. 26, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford.

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