This story was originally published May 31, 2013. Black Wall Street was in Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. Black Wall Street was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the
The teen’s girlfriend told police dispatch that her “boyfriend just flipped out.”
Oklahoma has incarcerated more women, per capita, than any other state in the country. But with the Still She Rises Tulsa organization’s campaign, one public defender’s office is solely focused on representing mothers in the criminal justice system. “We are public defenders. We are on the front-end of the work,” said Patrice James, an attorney with the
Our April/May cover star, Russell Westbrook, is looking fly as ever in TUMI’s latest commercial. Take a step back into the star’s hometown in this clip.
It’s probably fair to say that deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of police and summarily brought to us by modern technology have reached a place of normalcy. Of course there are those that we never hear of, but there are those we see often. The most recent example is the police-involved shooting
Newly released body cam footage shows Oklahoma police pepper-spraying an innocent, 84-year-old woman in her home after they chased her son into the house. New York Daily News reports that footage of the attack on Geneva Smith surfaced on Friday, just days after she threatened legal action in response to the violent encounter. Smith said
A granite monument of the Ten Commandments that has sparked controversy since its installation on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds was being removed late Monday and will be transported to a private conservative think tank for storage. A contractor the state hired began removing the monument shortly after 10:30 p.m. The works comes after the Oklahoma
Three Moore Police officers were put on administrative leave while detective investigate an in-custody death from overnight. The family of the man who died said police beat him badly and they recorded it with a cell phone camera. Nair Rodriguez and her daughter Lunahi told News 9 they got into an argument at the Warren
Originally posted December 13, 2013. When I left my mother’s home on my own at age 16, I thought I was grown. I may not have known exactly what I would do, but I knew that I had to leave Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the 1960s, Tulsa was segregated, with Blacks living on the North side of
Black Wall Street was in Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. Black Wall Street was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the bloodiest and most horrendous race riots (and acts
It's been a long time since the Washington Redskins had a franchise QB and there's no shortage of appreciation for their current one. Robert Griffin III better known as RG3 is getting married this summer and some generous Redskins fans found RG3's wedding registry and bought all the more affordable items on the list. RG3 made
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant announced through his family foundation on Tuesday that he has pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Oklahoma. "The Red Cross relies on its donors to perform its mission in relieving human suffering following disasters," regional CEO Janienne Bella said in a press release.
The hell he saw was harrowing, but it’s the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. “All you could hear were screams,” Earnest said. “The people screaming for help. And the people trying to help were also screaming.” Plaza Towers, a pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade school, took a direct
This story was originally published May 31, 2013. Black Wall Street was in Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. Black Wall Street was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the
The teen’s girlfriend told police dispatch that her “boyfriend just flipped out.”
Oklahoma has incarcerated more women, per capita, than any other state in the country. But with the Still She Rises Tulsa organization’s campaign, one public defender’s office is solely focused on representing mothers in the criminal justice system. “We are public defenders. We are on the front-end of the work,” said Patrice James, an attorney with the
Our April/May cover star, Russell Westbrook, is looking fly as ever in TUMI’s latest commercial. Take a step back into the star’s hometown in this clip.
It’s probably fair to say that deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of police and summarily brought to us by modern technology have reached a place of normalcy. Of course there are those that we never hear of, but there are those we see often. The most recent example is the police-involved shooting
Newly released body cam footage shows Oklahoma police pepper-spraying an innocent, 84-year-old woman in her home after they chased her son into the house. New York Daily News reports that footage of the attack on Geneva Smith surfaced on Friday, just days after she threatened legal action in response to the violent encounter. Smith said
A granite monument of the Ten Commandments that has sparked controversy since its installation on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds was being removed late Monday and will be transported to a private conservative think tank for storage. A contractor the state hired began removing the monument shortly after 10:30 p.m. The works comes after the Oklahoma
Three Moore Police officers were put on administrative leave while detective investigate an in-custody death from overnight. The family of the man who died said police beat him badly and they recorded it with a cell phone camera. Nair Rodriguez and her daughter Lunahi told News 9 they got into an argument at the Warren
Originally posted December 13, 2013. When I left my mother’s home on my own at age 16, I thought I was grown. I may not have known exactly what I would do, but I knew that I had to leave Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the 1960s, Tulsa was segregated, with Blacks living on the North side of
Black Wall Street was in Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. Black Wall Street was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the bloodiest and most horrendous race riots (and acts
It's been a long time since the Washington Redskins had a franchise QB and there's no shortage of appreciation for their current one. Robert Griffin III better known as RG3 is getting married this summer and some generous Redskins fans found RG3's wedding registry and bought all the more affordable items on the list. RG3 made
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant announced through his family foundation on Tuesday that he has pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Oklahoma. "The Red Cross relies on its donors to perform its mission in relieving human suffering following disasters," regional CEO Janienne Bella said in a press release.
The hell he saw was harrowing, but it’s the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. “All you could hear were screams,” Earnest said. “The people screaming for help. And the people trying to help were also screaming.” Plaza Towers, a pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade school, took a direct
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