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Tulsa thegrio.com
June 10, 2021
A team of researchers in Oklahoma uncovered 27 coffins during a search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
June 2, 2021
Harris has been tasked with a variety of duties in the Biden administration while consistently expressing urgency around voter access.
U.S. President Joe Biden
June 1, 2021
theGrio was on the ground as President Joe Biden, administration officials and members of Congress gathered for historic Tulsa Massacre…
U.S. President Joe Biden
June 1, 2021
Biden is focusing on racial disparity in homeownership and home appraisals that are considerably lower for Black homeowners versus whites.
Tulsa "Black Wall Street" sign is seen during the Juneteenth celebration
May 31, 2021
O.W. Gurley’s investments in Greenwood's Black Wall Street is an economic model of community determination, economic power, and resilience.
Tulsa Race Massacre x Capitol Riot x theGrio.com
May 31, 2021
White domestic terrorism remains our greatest threat, yet America is in denial about the history of Black Wall Street and…
Tulsa thegrio.com
May 31, 2021
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is a documentary that tributes those who lost their lives and celebrates those still…
May 30, 2021
Biden is journeying to Tulsa, where Black families were denied financial restitution from insurance companies after the 1921 massacre.
Tulsa thegrio.com
May 28, 2021
The two-hour documentary 'Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre' will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
Stacey Abrams John Legend thegrio.com
May 28, 2021
The Tulsa Race Massacre event with John Legend and Stacey Abrams has been canceled citing “unexpected circumstances”
May 15, 2021
Kevin Stitt was dismissed after signing a bill banning some race and racism concepts from being taught in public schools.
theGRIO.com
May 12, 2021
Viola Fletcher, the oldest known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, recently celebrated her 107th birthday.
April 26, 2021
Oklahoma joins dozens of Republican-led efforts to punish anti-police brutality protesters amid calls for police reform on the federal level.
April 26, 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain…
Fort Sill thegrio.com
April 2, 2021
Multiple army instructors have been suspended over the alleged sexual assault of a trainee at the base in Fort Sill,…
March 15, 2021
Players from an Oklahoma girls basketball team have broken their silence after a game announcer made headlines earlier this month
Protesters thegrio.com
March 12, 2021
The House passed a bill that gives drivers immunity if they unintentionally injure and or kill protesters who are “fleeing…
February 25, 2021
An Oklahoma man who had been released early from prison in January as part of a mass commutation effort is…
January 27, 2021
The Oklahoma attorney general’s office is attempting to return $2 million worth of hydroxychloroquine, a drug once touted by Donald…
Tulsa Race Massacre
January 17, 2021
Black entrepreneurs say they have been reduced to renters in the Greenwood district, an area of Tulsa once known as…