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March 3, 2022
Researchers say new remains that could be victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma indicates the mass grave…
January 19, 2022
Todd posted regrets for being "disgusting," but the megachurch pastor's viral moment continues to trend on social media.
January 16, 2022
Daniel Triplett faces charges of first-degree murder and desecration of a corpse in the death of Brent Mack.
December 24, 2021
Davyon Johnson was honored by Oklahoma police after the sixth grader saved two lives in one day. His mom says…
Tulsa thegrio.com
December 18, 2021
A spokeswoman for the DOJ confirmed to theGrio that it has received a formal request for a federal investigation into…
Julius Jones
November 18, 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of condemned inmate Julius Jones on Thursday, hours before his scheduled execution.
November 18, 2021
Jones is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday at the State Penitentiary for the 1999 slaying of Paul Howell.
November 13, 2021
Oklahoma once had one of the nation’s busiest death chambers, but a moratorium on capital punishment has been in place…
Herman Cain thegrio.com
November 12, 2021
Former President Donald Trump previously said there were no 'negative effects' that stemmed from his rallies during the pandemic.
November 2, 2021
The Sentencing Project notes that Wisconsin is followed by Oklahoma, Idaho and Montana, all states with low Black populations.
October 20, 2021
The suit was filed in federal court against the Oklahoma State Board of Education, its Regents for Higher Education and…
October 13, 2021
Maxine Waters is leading efforts to get reparations for Black descendants of the enslaved on Native American reservations, starting in…
September 25, 2021
Dr. Tabitha Carr used health challenges as an impetus to start her own healthy chocolate brand that is sold in…
September 21, 2021
Oklahoma scheduled seven executions in what would be the first lethal injections for the state since putting them on hold…
Payton Heird theGRIO.com
September 2, 2021
An Oklahoma man is facing hate crime charges for calling a Black teen the N-word, hurling rocks at her and…
Tulsa Commemorates 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre
August 20, 2021
Tulsa residents want the Department of Justice's help in locating mass grave sites of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
August 1, 2021
Protests took place on Friday outside of Oaklawn Cemetery, the Tulsa, Oklahoma site where bodies were exhumed last year.
Lorraine Graves thegrio.com
July 21, 2021
A Tulsa woman on the 'Most Wanted' list was arrested after commenting on a Facebook post by Tulsa police who…
New York Teachers Conduct Remote Classes From School Building
July 13, 2021
The Oklahoma Board of Education has outlined new guidelines limiting teachings on race and gender in K-12 classrooms.
Watts family sickle cell thegrio.com
June 19, 2021
Velvet Brown-Watts and Jeremiah Watts are at the forefront of raising awareness on sickle cell in their Oklahoma community.