A coalition working for human rights started the year off demanding better conditions for those in the Oklahoma County jail. Various organizations came together to host a noise demonstration across the street from the jail on New Year’s Day. Dream Action Oklahoma, Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, Women’s March Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Democratic Socialists, Black […]
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Extending rights
Norman City Council voted 8-1 to amend its civil rights ordinance to add protections on the basis of sexuality, gender identity or expression and same-sex marriage. The protections are now in place and affect employment, housing and public accommodations. Norman United, an interfaith group formed to support the LGBTQ+ community, spearheaded the efforts and played […]
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Revitalizing Freedom
Efforts are underway to revitalize and repair one of Oklahoma’s most important civil rights landmarks into a community hub. Freedom Center, 2609 N. Martin Luther King Ave., served as the headquarters of NAACP Youth Council. Led by Clara Luper, the group organized a sit-in in 1958 at Katz Drug Store, effectively launching the nation’s sit-in […]
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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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Folk singer-songwriter John McCutcheon performs Friday at The Blue Door
Wisconsin-born McCutcheon first learned to play guitar on a book of songs by Woody Guthrie.
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deadCenter Film Festival delivers action-inspiring documentaries
I Stand: The Guardians of the Water follows filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris’ time in North Dakota protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Local impact: Proposed federal budget cuts threaten to reduce or eliminate social services and humanities agencies
Oklahoma Humanities, AmeriCorps and Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma will most likely be affected if federal program budgets are cut.
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New book Becoming Brave tells the story behind marriage equality in Oklahoma
Both Sharon and Mary Bishop-Baldwin worked for Tulsa World during their yearslong legal battle.
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Chicken-Fried News: Love letter
A man Gov. Mary Fallin recently appointed to the state Supreme Court might be ineligible.
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Minority artists discuss the importance of art and education
Miillie Mesh, Deanne Brodie-Mends, Jabee, Ebony Iman Dallas, Don Eisenberg and W. Jerome Stevenson discuss the culture of the metro’s arts scene.