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John Neal

John Neal, the author, is a former resident of Sand Springs. He is well versed in urban renewal, its uses and abuse, as a former city manager in Oklahoma and departmental consultant for the city of El Paso, Texas. In 2008, he was that city’s planning pirector when the city won multiple awards for its planning accomplishments. He is now retired and resides in Austin, Texas.

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North Tulsa Neighborhood Revitalization Plan Faces Challenges
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
TPS Achieves State-Mandated Student Testing Benchmark
North Tulsa Neighborhood Revitalization Plan Is Underway
Tulsa Public Schools, 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
TPS Offers Second Chance for High School Diploma
James Goodwin, Jim Goodwin, OPA, Oklahoma Press Association, H. Milt Phillips Award, 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, Jerry Goodwin, 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
Eagle Receives Top Awards In Annual Oklahoma Press Association Contest
James Goodwin, Jim Goodwin, OPA, Oklahoma Press Association, H. Milt Phillips Award, 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
Eagle Publisher Honored As One Of Oklahoma’s Journalism Giants 
Tulsa Public Schools, Jennettie Marshall, 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
Lawsuit Against TPS Moves Forward
Anthony Crawford, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Judge Rules Educators May Teach Racial History
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, Ebony Johnson, African American Business, Black Business, African American Entrepreneur, Black Entrepreneur, BuyBlack, 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
Oklahoma Gives Huge Subsidies To Private School Students
Ebony Johnson, African American Business, Black Business, African American Entrepreneur, Black Entrepreneur, BuyBlack, 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
News Analysis: Public School Leader Johnson Wins Over Walters and State Education Board
Equality Indicators, Tulsa Equality, Tulsa Equality Indicators, 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
Report Shows Minimal Progress For Black Tulsans
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
Foundation Supports Programs For TPS Pupils
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
COVID Learning Losses to Cost Students Billions in Lost Income
John Croisant, KanDee Washington, Maria Seidler, Calvin Moniz, Sarah Smith, Teresa Pena, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Tulsa Public Schools Reckoning Imminent
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
A Brief Primer On Tulsa School Board Elections
Anthony Crawford, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
The Fate Of Oklahoma Race-based Law May Be Decided Soon
Tulsa Public Schools, 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
State School Superintendent: No Teacher Pay Increases
Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Minority Opportunity Program Facing Elimination
Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Public Funds Pay Private Education Expenses
Jennettie Marshall, John Croisant, KanDee Washington, Maria Seidler, Calvin Moniz, Sarah Smith, Teresa Pena, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Lawsuit Deepens Rifts On The Tulsa School Board
Advance Placement, Advance Placement African American History, Black History Month, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
AP African American Studies Course Set To Roll Out Nationwide
Tulsa Public Schools, 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
TPS Shakes Up Leadership In Some Troubled Schools 
Free Lunch, Free & Reduced Meals, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Tulsa Public Schools To Expand Student Free Meals Program 
Ebony Johnson, Tulsa Public Schools, 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
Tulsa Public Schools Promotes Ebony Johnson To Superintendent
Food Insecurity, John Neal, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, 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, Viola Ford Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Hughes Van Ellis
Post Pandemic Food Insecurity Worsens for Black Americans
Jeremy Kuzmarov, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, 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
Many Black Neighborhoods Are Not A City Priority
Ebony Johnson, Tulsa Public Schools, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, 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, Viola Ford Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Hughes Van Ellis
New TPS Superintendent Gives Progress Report To State Board
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, School Takeover, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, 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
State Board Poised To Sanction Tulsa Public Schools
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, Ryan Walters, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street
State Superintendent Walters Continues Attack on Tulsa Public Schools
Franchell Abdallah, Evans Fintube, Greenwood Development, PartnerTulsa, Team Alchemy, Greg Robinson, Charles Lamont, Damali Wilson, BeGood Development, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street
The Evans-Fintube Saga: What happened to a $68 million development plan for Greenwood?
Tulsa Education, Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa Schools, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street
Oklahoma GOP-led Measure Providing Public Funding For Private Education Becomes Law
Bruce Willingham, McCurtain Gazette-News, Kevin Clardy, Mark Jennings, Alicia Manning, McCurtain, McCurtain County, Racism, African American Education, Black Education, Tulsa, Education, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street
McCurtain Publisher Rejects Views of The County As Racially Biased
Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa Public School Board, Barba Perez, Stacey Woolley, Jennettie Marshall, E'Lena Ashley, John Croisant, Jerry Griffin, Susan Lamkin, School Board, Tulsa, Education, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street
Panel: Tulsa School Board in Standoff Over North Tulsa Seat
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
TPD Muzzles Citizen Complaint Information
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
Oklahoma School Board of Education, Carlisha Williams Bradley, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Replaces Carlisha Williams Bradley, The Only African American and Educator on State Board of Education
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, TPS Board, Judith Perez, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle
Perez Resign, TPS Board Seeks Applicants for North Tulsa Seat
Regina Goodwin, Jeanettie Marshall, Black Teachers, African American Teachers, Black Educators, African American Educators, Teacher Shortage, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Teaching, Teacher Diversity, African American Students, Black Students, African American Education, Black Education, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle
Tulsa School Board Postpones Redistricting Vote
Deborah Gist, Tulsa Public Schools, School Superintendent, Oklahoma Teacher, Oklahoma Teache Salary, Teacher Pay, Teacher Pay Increase, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
In Close Vote, Tulsa Public School Board Extends Superintendent’s Contract
Slave Empire, Padraic Scanlan, Talk of Greenwood, 1921 Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern BritainSlave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain 
Oklahoma Teacher, Oklahoma Teache Salary, Teacher Pay, Teacher Pay Increase, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
A $5,000 teacher pay increase proposed. But Will It Be Enough?
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Racial Violence, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Special Audit of Tulsa Public Schools Could Broaden
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Oklahoma Teacher Loses Job Resisting Book Ban
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Book Review: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America. 1619-2019
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Tulsa Schools Struggle with Vacancies and Funding
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Book Review: How Can We Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
State Board Denies TPS’s Accreditation Appeal
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Book Review: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Mustang School Superintendent Protests Accreditation Downgrade
Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Tulsa Public Schools Case Bolsters Legal Efforts Against Racially Discriminatory Law
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, Oklahoma State Department of Education, The Oklahoma Eagle
Tulsa Public Schools Audit Delayed
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, Oklahoma State Department of Education, The Oklahoma Eagle
State Board Punishes Tulsa Schools For Cultural Competence And Racial Bias Training
HB 1775, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
White Memorial High School teacher griped that training ‘shame white people for past offenses in history’
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, HB1775, Critical Race Theory, CRT, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Oklahoma Eagle
White Memorial High School teacher griped that training ‘shame white people for past offenses in history’
Tulsa Public Schools, TPS, HB1775, Critical Race Theory, CRT, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Oklahoma Eagle
Tulsa Public Schools’ Accreditation Under Threat
Tulsa Police Department, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, TPD, Tulsa Police, Oklahoma Police, The Oklahoma Eagle, Jeremy Kuzmarov
Franklin: TPD Diverse Recruitment ‘Dismal’
The Tulsa Equality Indicators, Healthy Start, Healthy Start Program, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, The Historic Greenwood District, Tulsa Health Department, John Neal
Healthy Start: A Boon for North Tulsa Families
Tulsa Police Department, Tulsa PD, The Oklahoma Eagle
Independent Panel Issues Blunt Critique Of Tulsa Police
A close-up look at abortions in Oklahoma and nationwide 
North Tulsans question Race Massacre graves investigation
Tulsa Fights Back Against Attempts to Ban Books  
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Racial Violence, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Is Tulsa committed to police oversight?
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Racial Violence, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Official Census adds to racial disparity woes
Official Report: Black Tulsans Face Alarming Wage, Health & Justice Gaps
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Race Massacre, Racial Violence, Greenwood, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood
Critical Race Theory and Political Madness
How Sand Springs erased its Black community
Integration: Charles Page High School pushed forward against all odds in 1964
Only in The Oklahoma Eagle” Integrating Charles Page High School
Sand Springs used manipulation, misinformation and greed to wipe out a Black community