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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: 2020 Was No Friend To Tulsa North And Medical And Legal Justice Took A Holiday In 2020 | The Oklahoma Eagle

2020 Was No Friend To Tulsa North For most Americans, 2020 was challenging and full of stress. We didn’t always find our humanity, but we did witness how little there was in others. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that we do not find ourselves in times of convenience but rather in times of […]

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