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Tulsa Chautauqua Recognizes 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act

All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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Tulsa Chautauqua has announced its June program honoring the six-decade anniversary of the Civil Rights Act signed by Pres. Lyndon Johnson. The title of the week-long performances is “Lift Every Voice: 60 Years Since the Civil Rights Act.” 

The series of performances has been scheduled for June 4 – 8. The free shows will be held at the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. 

Each day will include two workshops (12 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) and an evening performance (7 p.m.). The featured artists and their historical figures are Dr. Jim Armstead (Thurgood Marshall), Leslie Goodard (Lady Bird Johnson), Vanessa Adams Harris (Rosa Parks), Rebecca Marks-Jimerson (Coretta Scott King), and Doug Mishler (Earl Warren). 

The week schedule is as follows: 

Tues., June 4 – First workshop, Vanessa Adams-Harris; second workshop, Rebecca Marks-Jimerson; and evening performance, Earl Warren 

Wed, June 5 – Leslie Goddard, Doug Mishler, and Vanessa Adams-Harris 

Thur., June 6 – Jim Armstead, Vanessa Adams-Hall, and Leslie Goddard 

Fri., June 7 – Rebecca Marks-Jimerson, Leslie Goddard, and Jim Armstead 

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Sat., June 8 – Doug Mishler, Jim Armstead, and Rebecca Marks-Jimerson 

Sponsors of the program are the following: Benefactor level: Oklahoma Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation; Champion level: Magellan and Gelvin Foundation; and Advocate level: All Souls Unitarian Church and Tulsa Community College. 

For more information, visit https://tulsachautauqua.org/ 

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