May 31, 2011, marks the ninetieth anniversary of the cataclysmic 1921 Tulsa Race Riot (the “Riot”), a defining moment in Tulsa and American history. D...

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November 5, 2008, newspaper headlines trumpeted the dawn of a new era: “A Nation Changed” (The Bakersfield Californian); “In Our Lifetime” (The Annist...

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By Hannibal B. Johnson   The words “law” and “justice,” most often coupled sequentially as “law and justice,” fit together like handmaidens. Hi...

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“One might argue the historian is the conscience of the nation, if honesty and consistency are factors that nurture the conscience.” Dr. John Hope F...

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DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Know the History; Know the Historian On March 25, 2009, America lost a trailblazing historian and scholar in the person of Dr...

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OKLAHOMA’S ALL-BLACK TOWNS (Quiz)

Test Your Knowledge of Oklahoma’s All-Black Towns.
Take This quiz. You May Be Surprised At What You Don’t Know.
 

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  Early in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa—the “Greenwood District” or simply “Greenwood”—became a nationally renowned entre...

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