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Greenwood Cultural Center to Host Legacy Award Dinner Honoring Osage Nation

Oklahoma
Written By: The Black Wall Street Times and Nehemiah Frank (TULSA, Okla.) On Thursday, April 18th, the Greenwood Cultural Center (GCC) will host its annual Greenwood Cultural Center...

Transformative Generosity: MacKenzie Scott’s $2 Million Gift to Terence Crutcher Foundation

Oklahoma
Written By: Nehemiah Frank (GREENWOOD, Dist.) MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic initiative, Yield Giving, has named the Terence Crutcher Foundation as one of the recipients of its Open...

Oklahoma returns to progressive roots with minimum wage petition

Oklahoma
Written By: Deon Osborne (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) One of the most conservative states in the U.S. moves closer to a possible minimum wage hike after the Oklahoma Supreme Court allowed a...

Okla. Supreme Court allows oral arguments for Massacre survivors

Oklahoma
Written By: Deon Osborne (OKLAHOMA) The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for the two last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in their appeal...

Oklahoma’s “God Hates Flags” bill bans state from promoting Pride

Oklahoma
Written By: Deon Osborne (OKLAHOMA) A bill that bans Oklahoma state funds from being used to promote LGBTQ+ Pride month or Pride flags passed a committee hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in...

Hack the Future Greenwood connects AI with the Black community

Oklahoma
Written By: Deon Osborne (GREENWOOD, Dist.) Tyrance Billingsley II, founder of Black Tech Street, will connect Black Tulsans with AI technology to test Large Language Models (LLM) at...

Crossover Community Impact centers youth and families

Oklahoma
Written By: Deon Osborne (TULSA, Okla.) Crossover Community Impact, a north Tulsa program dedicated to positively impacting underserved youth, continues to pave a path forward with the...

Oklahoma Ranks Low for Children of Color Well-Being

Oklahoma
Written By: Anna Littlejohn (OKLAHOMA) A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center highlights national rankings for child well-being. Wide historical...

Cherokee Nation Chief to lead MLK Parade on Black Wall Street

Oklahoma
Written By: The Black Wall Street Times (GREENWOOD, Dist.) Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. of the Cherokee Nation has been named Grand Marshal of the 45th Annual Dr. Martin Luther...

Black veterans receive less benefits compared to White veterans

National
Written By: Sydney Anderson (NATIONAL) Black veterans are less likely to receive physical or mental health benefits than their White counterparts when requested by the Department of...