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Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson is an editorial columnist and creative director of The Oklahoma Eagle, working collaboratively to guide the media company’s print and digital design direction.

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Fulton Street Books & Coffee, 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
Fulton Street Books & Coffee Has Moved To Greenwood,  And We’re Here For It
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2001 Tulsa Race “Riot” (Massacre) Commission Report Update: From Rhetoric To Remedy
Deborah Gist, Gist, Ryan Walters, Kevin Stitt, 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
Walters’ Pound of Flesh
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TAKEOVER? What It Means For Tulsa Public Schools
Caroline Wall, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Hughes Van Ellis Sr., Damario Solomon-Simmons, 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
“A Whistle Blew About 5:00 A.M., And The Invasion Of Greenwood Began”
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?
HR1001, Oklahoma Politics, Voter Suppression, Tulsa, Black Wall Street, Historic Greenwood District, African American History, Black History, The Oklahoma Eagle, Greenwood, OKEagle
THE DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY:  The Oklahoma GOP’s Scheme To Nullify The Votes of Legislators
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
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Tulsa’s Rejection of Dignity, After Death
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Tulsa’s “Little Shop of Horrors” Is A “Must See” Production… Final Performance, Oct. 30
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Oklahoma’s Pursuit of a Benign and Shameless History Finds An Ally
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A 1,200 Mile Drive And The Fulton St. Books & Coffee CRUFFIN
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, Christina Calhoun, Victor Castro-Huerta, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of The United States, State Sovereignty, Freedman, The Oklahoma Eagle, Black Wall Street
“State Sovereignty Does Not End At A Reservation’s Border.” 
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The Art & Soul of Dawn Tree’s AMERICANA
Oklahoma’s Deadly Castles
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The Birth of True Reparations 
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“Roe Was On A Collision Course With The Constitution From The Day That It Was Decided.”
The New Willie Horton
The Things That We Tell Ourselves: “Uncle Tom”
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HB3159: The Open Door Policy For Contagious Diseases
A Slow And Steady Assault On Democracy: Redistricting And The Ethnic Vote