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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
May 17, 1954, Decided
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Op-Ed: The remarkable idiocy of holding a Trump rally in Tulsa | The Atlanta Voice
Like many others, I was startled to learn that President Donald Trump was resuming his campaign barnstorming in
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Equal Protection Clause
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
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Black Delivery Driver Blocked From Doing Job By White HOA President In Oklahoma
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Homegoing Services For Ralph Sumers Smoote Wednesday First Baptist Church Tulsa At 12 Noon | The Oklahoma Eagle
Ralph Sumers Smoote was born to Lucille Riser Smoote and Artie Raymond Smoote, Sr. in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 November 1962
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US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the US stood near an all-time high yesterday, hovering close to the peak reached in late April during some of the darkest and deadliest days of the
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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.
In the following account, sports historian Charles Kastner describes the remarkable athletic career of Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner of Seattle, Washington. Gardner was arguably the greatest ultramarathoner in Pacific Northwest history. For a detailed discussion of Gardner’s participation
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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896)
The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896) refers to the post-Civil War reform movements in the United States aimed at eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, improving educational and employment opportunities, and establishing electoral power. This period between
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City Council approves 'Dallas First' | Dallas Weekly
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously passed Mayor Eric Johnson’s “Dallas First” procurement
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Eric Dickerson
Born in a small town of Sealy, Texas, in 1960, Eric Dickerson was raised by his uncle and aunt after his mother decided not to marry his father at the young age of 17. Even though he did not grow up with his father, Dickerson inherited athletic abilities from the former running back of Prairie View
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Nation’s Oldest Rodeo Still On In Okmulgee: Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo Marks 65th Year | The Oklahoma Eagle
Okmulgee, Okla. – The 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation’s oldest all-black professional rodeo event, has announced plans to proceed with staging this year’s program in August as it considers different scenarios related to the global coronavirus
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Op-ed Submission: The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk | Afro
New research seems to confirm that, across the nation, the coronavirus has disproportionately impacted black people, with death rates more than twice as high as that for any other
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AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud | The Atlanta Voice
So it was this past week when he took very personally a scientific study that should give pause to anyone thinking of following Trump’s lead and ingesting a potentially risky drug for the
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Guinn v. United States (1915): The Grandfather Clause
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Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles
Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job
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Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard is an American actress who is known for her intense and versatile performances on stage, TV and film. She was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is the youngest of three children. She studied drama at Boston University and made her theatre debut in 1974. Her first
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Cowboy Willie "Bill" Pickett dies
World famous African American cowboy Willie Bill Pickett died in Ponca, Oklahoma, hospital of injuries sustained after he was kicked in the head by a horse on the Millers Brothers Fabulous 101 Ranch.
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This Newspaper Has Never Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — And Its Fight Continues | The Oklahoma Eagle
Walk through the Greenwood neighborhood, Goodwin says, and you can’t miss the metal plaques on sidewalks commemorating the hundreds of black-owned businesses set ablaze during the 1921 Tulsa Race
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I Thought I Understood White Privilege. Then I Married a Black Man. | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.goodhousekeeping.com BY GENEVIEVE ROTH For the first 37 years of my life, I considered myself largely exempt from the blind spots of white privilege. Intellectually, I knew the definition of the phrase: White privilege is the inherent advantages that come with being white. But I assumed
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Russell Westbrook, Stanley Nelson Jr. To Create Docuseries About Black Wall Street
According to Variety, the Houston Rockets point guard is teaming up with award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. for the creation of a docuseries about the Tulsa race massacre that happened in
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
Appellant, a Negro citizen of Oklahoma possessing a masters degree, was admitted to the Graduate School of the state-supported University of Oklahoma as a candidate for a doctorate in education and was permitted to use the same classroom, library and cafeteria as white students. Pursuant to
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial
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Coronavirus, Tulsa COVID-19 Update – June 24 | The Oklahoma Eagle
For additional guidance and information, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development presented the final recommendations of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Committee to the Tulsa City
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Trump reportedly angered by low Tulsa rally turnout
President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in
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Tensions rise as Texas governor readies to lift more rules
With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace by emphasizing that hospitalization and infection rates are steady, and pointing out that Texas’ 1,200 deaths still lag similarly big states, including
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Community Elders Share Valuable Insight In Black Wall Street History Class | The Oklahoma Eagle
The class is open to credit-seeking students and non-credit-seeking community members who are interested in discovering more about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district from 1850 to present, including the massacre on May 31-June
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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin distributions | Dallas Weekly
Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday announced the planned sites and dates for the distribution of thousands of gallons of free milk through the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD, and local faith
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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas is the U.S. Supreme Court justice who was thrust into the limelight in his 1991 confirmation proceedings, during which he was accused of sexual harassment. Clarence Thomas grew up in rural Georgia, attended Conception Seminary and Holy Cross College, then graduated from Yale Law
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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the
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Opinion: Vestiges Of Insensitive Names And Imagery Challenged | The Oklahoma Eagle
Black Lives Matter and the tragic death of George Floyd have shaken America to its core and revealed a nation weary and now angry over the state of race relations in this
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