The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Coalition has never done quite as much outreach as it’s doing this year. The coalition is going the extra mile as it readies to celebrate four decades honoring the late civil rights icon with the theme “40 Years — Better Together.” Anthony Sherrod, the group’s volunteer coordinator, has […]
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Commentary: Mein campus
In the days preceding our national celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., both Oklahoma and the country at large demonstrated that wide swaths of our society require an emergency history lesson. Unfettered racism and enthusiastic ill was the leit motif for the entire week. When University of Oklahoma student and member […]
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A Tulsa man travels the country reciting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech, hoping to spark change
A Tulsa man travels the country reciting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech, hoping to spark change.
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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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Deep Deuce continues building an identity while keeping an eye on its historic past
Special Legends Night events have helped restore some of the area’s live jazz history.
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Tough decisions
“We are looking at more systemic changes because we’ve run out of easy things to cut,” Lora said last week. “Now, we have to look at changes in grade configurations and school closures for small schools.”
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Turtle Island Quartet stops at Edmond’s Armstrong Auditorium to pay tribute to jazz legend John Coltrane
Turtle Island Quartet released its Grammy-winning album A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane in 2008.
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Letters to the Editor: July 20, 2016
Open letter To Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: America is a democracy, not a theocracy. We have separation of church and state, which means freedom of religion, freedom from religion, no state-endorsed religion and no religious test. However, bigoted, “Christian” Republicans like you do not understand this and instead either seek to legislate your religion […]
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Emcee Gregory Jerome performs with OKC Phil in Celebrate Black History family event
Oklahoma City Philharmonic’s Discovery Family show Celebrate Black History features local rapper and activist Gregory Jerome.
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Kern: ‘I am not a racist’
Kern has come under fire in the past after making controversial comments about the gay community, and the latest comments came this week during legislative debate about a bill that will send a constitutional amendment eliminating state affirmative action programs to voters. She claimed much of what she said had been misconstrued and her words […]