February First Friday Features Christina Henley and Western Doughty At Black Wall Street Gallery
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February First Friday Features Christina Henley and Western Doughty
Poetry- Flying Home
the wind danced with me calling out names of grandmothers i had not known it was a small death laughed the rain drops you didn’t know it would be your last time flying home
New Vernon A.M.E. Pastor, Dr. Turner Confronts Tulsa on Its Sin
Protruding from the mouth of the bullhorn, Dr. Robert Turner’s voice fans the ashes of a Tulsa’s unresolved inner conflict between its Black and White neighbors.
Black Wall Street Gallery Invites All of Tulsa to Greenwood
In what is considered by some a radical move, the Black Wall Street Gallery invites all of Tulsa to not only grapple with the history of the 1921 race massacre, but also to be inspired by the legacy of the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of the original Black Wall Street.
Renaming Robert E. Lee Elementary School after John Hope Franklin would be monumental for America
What if Robert E. Lee Elementary School was named after Tulsa’s distinguished American historian, John Hope Franklin? It is not a far-fetched idea if you think about it. It is a thought that reinforces this need for reconciliation.
Meet Karice King a first-year teacher and rising community leader
In American schools, black children are less likely to see teachers who look like them, so Kandice’s role is essential for self-esteem building and cultural empowerment for her students of color.
Waterboarded with racism
Today’s technologies allow us to view open and blatant acts of racism. Like reality TV, our actuality of racism is now displaying on every platform of social media known to man, which is where the waterboarding of racism begins.
