EAT Pork Belly Banh Mi from Livegrass Butcher + Bistro WATCH Insecure on HBO Max READ Kindred by Octavia E. Butler LOVE Black Lives Matter (BLM), Oklahoma City and world peace EXPERIENCE Drive-ins! Thanks to #dCFF20 getting it back on my radar, that’s my 2020 summer social preference. A close second goes to backyard projection […]
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Eliminate hate
As Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City enters its fifth year as an official chapter, there is still much work to be done. While the groundwork was laid in 2015, the Oklahoma City chapter became recognized officially the following year. Executive director Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson said she was approached by one of the founders, Patrisse […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Avery Wilson
“Right now, I feel like my work is everywhere because I’m all over the place. My background is in illustration and design,” Avery Wilson said. “I’ve been trying a bunch of new things this year. It’s been hella uncomfortable, but that’s where all the fun shit happens. If I’m not at @alorichanel trying to figure […]
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PRESS RELEASE Children’s March for Justice
The Black Lives Matter Youth Group of Oklahoma has declared that their lives and their education matter. The Children’s March for Justice convenes at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 21 at F.D. Moon Middle School, 1900 NE 13th St., and will proceed down Martin Luther King Avenue to Douglass Stadium at 900 N. Martin Luther […]
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Black Lives Matter OKC protest slideshow and call for cleanup
May 31st, Black Lives Matter OKC held a peaceful protest at the Oklahoma State Capitol. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities across the country put their lives at risk in many ways and gathered to protest violence against black people after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody. An […]
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Dream state
The future of thousands of Oklahomans is at stake. Nov. 12, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which gives roughly 700,000 immigrants work permits, social security numbers and relief from the threat of deportation. Plaintiffs are suing president Donald Trump’s administration over its decision […]
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Deadly force
Isaiah Lewis, an unarmed 17-year-old, was shot and killed by police on April 29 following an on-foot chase through a residential neighborhood. At this stage in the investigation, little is known about the circumstances surrounding Lewis’ death. Edmond Police spokesperson Jenny Wagnon identified two of the officers involved as Sgt. Milo Box and officer Denton […]
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Vital disobedience
60th anniversary march and sit-in reenactment 9 a.m. Aug. 18 Midtown from Frontline Church to Kaiser’s Grateful Bean Cafe 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 405-642-4486 Free The Oklahoma City sit-in movement of the late 1950s and ’60s is known for staying nonviolent as it pressed toward its civil rights goals. But while local protests […]
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Letters to the Editor: Sept. 28, 2016
Do the Chicken Littles propose to eliminate water vapor too?
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Cover Story: Our next steps in the march toward civil rights
Just as powerful reporting, photos and video did in the ’60s, today’s national media coverage mixed with social media engagement have again thrust the conversation of police brutality, racial discrimination and civil rights into the public consciousness.