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Jail resolutions
A coalition of organizations is demanding better conditions for those incarcerated in the county jail.
By Miguel Rios
Tags: Metro, News, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma County jail, New Year’s Day, New Year’s resolution, human rights, civil rights, Dream Action Oklahoma, Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, Women’s March Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Democratic Socialists, Black Lives Matter OKC, American Indian Movement Indian Territory, Ending Violence Everywhere, NAACP, DAOK, EVE, OCRJ, BLM, AIM, Cynthia Garcia, United We Dream, Edwin Ramirez, D’Marria Monday, Block Builderz
Extending rights
The City of Norman became the first in the state to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ+ individuals.
Tags: Metro, Norman, metro news, metro, news, Norman United, LGBTQ+, civil rights, civil rights ordinance, Norman city council, Oklahoma City council, city council, Tom Kovach, James Cooper, Zach Harrington, LGBTQ+ History Month, Gay History Month, Harvey Milk, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, anti-gay laws, Freedom Oklahoma, Allie Shinn, equality, equal rights, Lawrence v. Texas, same-sex marriage, Pride month
Witnessing women
Janice Mathews-Gordon’s latest exhibit explores the work and future of women.
By Jeremy Martin
Tags: Arts, Janice Mathews-Gordon, art, All My Sisters, JRB Art at the Elms, women, abstraction, civil rights movement, Haynes Johnson, equality
Cover: Rocket launch
Explosions in the sky on the Fourth of July offer a respite from America circa 2019.
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Highlights, Kent Johnson, American Immigration Council, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Families Belong Together, freedom, equality, Fourth of July, Oklahoma City Dodgers, Red Rock Express, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Bricktown Ballpark, fireworks, Bethany Freedom Festival, Eldon Lyon Park, A Celebration in the Heartland, Buck Thomas Park, Fourth of July Kickoff BBQ Blues Festival, DJ Country Fresh, Schroeder Lane, Forest Park, Liberty & Lasers, The Floozies, SoDown, Maddy O’Neal, Lost Lakes Entertainment Complex, LibertyFest, parade, Mickey Park Playland, Norman’s July Fourth Celebration, One Two Ten, Jabee, My So CalledBand, Reaves Park, OKC 4th Fest, Oklahoma River, Riversport Adventures, Boathouse District, Riversport Rapids, Piedmont’s Flashback Freedom Fest, Red White & Boom, Tribute to Liberty, We Are the Metal Heads of Oklahoma Fourth of July Picnic, Yukon Freedom Fest
Revitalizing Freedom
A new board of directors for Freedom Center has a long-term plan to restore the building and revitalize the civil rights landmark.
Tags: Metro, Freedom Center, NAACP Youth Council, NAACP, NAACPOK, Katz Drug Store, Clara Luper, desegregation, sit-ins, sit-in movement, Marilyn Luper Hildreth, Willa Johnson, Michael Washington, Historic Preservation Commission, Leonard Benton, Clara Luper Civil Rights Center, Civil Rights, black history, MAPS 4
Rooted in love
Muslim Oklahomans continue celebrating Ramadan and repelling hate with love amidst growing Islamophobia across the world.
Tags: State, Ramadan, Muslim, Islam, Oklahoma Muslims, ImagelineStudios, Qazi Islam, Imad Enchassi, Imam Imad Enchassi, Adam Soltani, CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-OK, white supremacy, Islamophobia, discrimination, prejudice, Hijacked by Hate, Christchurch shooting, Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, ISGOC, Donald Trump
Capitol CAIR
Council on American-Islamic Relations is hosting its fifth annual Oklahoma Muslim Day at the Capitol to encourage civic engagement within the community.
Tags: Metro, Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, Muslim Day at the Capitol, Lani Habrock, interfaith community, Muslim community, Muslim, bullying, firearms, Jason Dunnington, Imad Enchassi, Oklahoma Capitol, Legislature, Daniel Pae, Jon Echols, Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kevin Stitt, House Bill 1068, House Bill 2597, Senate Bill 38
Vital disobedience
Clara Luper blazed trails with a nonviolent sit-in movement, but 60 years later, there is still progress to be made.
By Ben Luschen
Tags: Metro, sit-ins, civil rights, Marilyn Luper Hildreth, Clara Luper, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council, NAACP Youth Council, Katz Drug Store, Tommy “Big Bud” Barnett, Minute Men Commandos, Larry Jeffries, Oklahoma History Center, Frontline Church, Kaiser’s Grateful Bean Cafe, Bruce Fisher, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Dunjee High School, Oklahoma City Police Department, Jahruba Lambeth, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Jabee, Black Lives Matter Oklahoma, T. Sheri Dickerson, Black Lives Matter
Chicken-Fried News: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Gazette staff
Tags: Commentary, Breea Clark, Chicken-Fried News, Columbus Day, equality, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Live Indigenous OK, norman, Norman City Council, opportunity, Summer Wesley
Oklahoma City Public Schools leaders take initial steps toward educational equity
By Laura Eastes
Tags: Metro, academic achievement gap, academic success, Aurora Lora, disabilities, education, English language learners, equality, equity, Fairness, For Each and Every Child, low-income students, minority students, okcps, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education, Oklahoma City Public Schools Student Experience and Equity Committee, Paula Lewis, poverty, race, Ruth Veales, spencer, Student Experience and Equity Committee, U.S. Department of Education, urban districts
Letters to the Editor: July 26, 2017
By Oraynab Jwayyed
Tags: Letters to the Editor, constitutional convention, democrats, economy, education, environment, health care, james inhofe, James Lankford, jobs, letters, Letters to the Editor, obamacare, oil, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gazette, OPINION, planned parenthood, politics, republicans, schools, Tom Coburn, u.s. supreme court
Letter to the Editor: July 12, 2017
By Blaine T. Browne
Tags: Letters to the Editor, letters, Oklahoma Gazette, OPINION, politics
We’re out here to support everybody, Oklahoma Atheists member Elyssa Mann said. So many members of the LGBTQ community are atheists. We’re here to let people know that we exist.
By Rachel Schaub and Megan Prather
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, 39th district, 39th Street Enclave, AIDS, anniversary, Community, equality, Expressions Church, free mom hugs, groove merchants, hiv, lgbt, lgbtq, ms. gay oklahoma, OKC Pride, oklahoma atheists, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma Gazette, PartnersToo, pride month, pride parade, Pride Week, PToo Mix, sonja martinez, st. stephen's methodist church, stonewall riots, the bright light social hour, The Strip, wedding
Folk singer-songwriter John McCutcheon performs Friday at The Blue Door
Tags: Music Features, Bob Dylan, Bosnian War, cancer, civil rights, folk music, history, Joan Baez, John McCutcheon, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., Paul & Mary, peter, Siege of Sarajevo, The Blue Door, Vedran Smailovi?, Woody Guthrie
Cover Story: OKC Pride reflects on 30th anniversary as it marches toward the future
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, 39th district, 39th street, 39th Street Enclave, AIDS, amanda kerri, art, bathroom bill, bible, christopher street, classen boulevard, concert, Cover story, epidemic, equality, Expressions Church, feature, festival, food trucks, gay, gay pride week, gender, groove merchants, history, hiv, KKK, ku klux klan, legislature, lesbian, lgbtq, lifestyle, live music, Manhattan, march, memorial park, National LGBTQ Task Force, New York City, News, North Carolina, OKC Pride, okc pride week, oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Council, Oklahoma Gazette, parade, pride, pride parade, Pride Week, protests, questioning, resist, sex, sexuality, sonja martinez, Stonewall, stonewall inn, stonewall riots, the bright light social hour, transgender, visual arts, youngs boulevard
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