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Jasmine Crockett leading among Texas Democrats for U.S. Senate
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Black mayors are reducing violent crime across the nation
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NAACP sues state of Texas over new congressional map
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Minnesota Somali Leader to Trump: “You’re Not Our First Dictator”
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls Trump “Temu Hitler” amid Texas gerrymander
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Why Jasmine Crockett Makes White Progressives Nervous
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Ascension St. John earns Tulsa’s first Level I Trauma Center status

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Maps, Power, and the Black Vote: What Comes After the Supreme Court Ruling
Black leaders and legal experts discuss the growing fight for voting rights, Black political power, and democracy across the South.
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Black Women Are Asked to Save Democracy. But Who Protects Them?
A Black Wall Street Times livestream examined Jasmine Crockett’s loss, voter suppression, Democratic neglect, and the urgent fight for Black women’s…
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Black Women, Power, and the Future of American Politics
A Black Wall Street Times livestream on voter rights, Democratic leadership, and the road ahead.
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Black Ink: Award-winning Journalist Caleb Gayle talk about new book "Black Moses"
What happens when you resurrect a nearly-erased Black leader who tried to build an entire state for us—governed by us?
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Black Ink: Black Freedmen in Tulsa, Jacksonville Police, and Epstein
A recording from The Black Wall Street Times's live video.
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Black Ink: MLK Files, Police Brutality, and a Film Legend in Tulsa
In this episode of Black Ink covers MLK Files, Police Brutality, and Film Legend in Tulsa.
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The Trump DOJ is coming for sanctuary cities — and Black and immigrant communities will pay the price
Make no mistake—this crackdown will disproportionately impact Black and Brown immigrants
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ICE Supercharged Under Homan, Communities of Color Targeted
Record funding, looser arrest standards, and anti-immigrant raids define new era of racialized enforcement.
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Why the Sydney Sweeney “Great Jean(s)” Ad Sparks Accusations of Racial, Eugenic Messaging
Viewers accused the campaign of evoking eugenics messaging, due to its focus on genetic traits paired wit Sweeney’s appearance. Terms like "good genes…
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Three-year-old boy dies in hot car in Alabama State custody
More than 1,000 children have died in hot cars since 1998, as temperatures inside vehicles can become deadly in minutes, even with windows cracked.
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The EPA Just Moved to Gut the Climate Rulebook
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin—standing at an Indianapolis truck dealership with Energy Secretary Chris Wright—called it “the largest deregulatory action…
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From Suppressed to 11th on Substack
In a media world that tried to silence us, your support helped us rise. Let’s keep climbing.
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Oklahoma On the Ground

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Sit-in activist helped desegregate OKC, writes “Gwen Didn’t Care”
“And I started singing ‘I shall not, I shall not be moved,’ and I held onto the table. I was determined she was not going to push me out of that booth…
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ICE mistakenly raids OKC family home
“They Came With Guns Drawn”: ICE Raid Leaves OKC Family Traumatized
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Oklahoma’s gun suicide crisis rising fastest in rural white communities
TW: This article contains graphic details about suicide. To access the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, call 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988.
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Greenwood Rising: Tulsa Today

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Ascension St. John earns Tulsa’s first Level I Trauma Center status
Ascension St. John’s new Level I Trauma Center status brings critical, life-saving care to Tulsa’s underserved and rural communities.
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Tulsa Food Not Bombs supplies mutual aid no strings attached
For nearly five years, anti-capitalist mutual aid group Tulsa Food Not Bombs has fed and clothed neighbors without barriers, forms, red tape or…
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Tulsa’s Youngest Filmmakers Just Made a Documentary—And a Statement
Through interviews, creative direction, and original footage, the film explores identity, history, resilience, and what it means to grow up in the…
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Arrest Made in Greenwood Juneteenth Mass Shooting — Justice Moves Forward
While there may be more to Timetrious Moore’s story, he took a young father’s life and terrorized our entire community. How do we hold accountability…
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Black Ink: Tobe Nwigwe Took Us to Church on Greenwood
An exclusive look from The Black Wall Street Times live stream at Legacy Fest.
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BODY CAM: Tulsa police run over Black man during jaywalking arrest
New bodycam footage shows 24-year-old Kemonte Hampton kneeling to surrender—then being pinned beneath a Tulsa police cruiser when it rolled in reverse.
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The True Story Of Memorial Day: How Newly Freed Black Charlestonians Honored Fallen Soldiers
The newly freed enslaved of Charleston transformed a former Confederate prison site into the first recorded Memorial Day observance in 1865.
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Trump’s $1.8 Billion January 6 Fund Alarms Black Activists and Leaders
The administration’s $1.8 billion settlement plan has raised new concerns about executive power and reparative justice.
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Louisville Unveils First Statue Honoring A Black Woman, Celebrating Legal Pioneer And Civil Rights Activist Alberta Odell Jones
A historic Louisville unveiling honors the life, legacy and groundbreaking legal career of civil rights pioneer Alberta Odell Jones.
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All Roads Lead to the South: Why the Fight for Black Political Power Returned to Selma and Montgomery
Walking through Selma and Montgomery after the Louisiana v. Callais ruling, I realized the fight for Black political power never truly ended.
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s Historic Oscar Win for “Sinners” Continues Hattie McDaniel’s Legacy, Introduces a New Era for Black Women in Film
Nearly a century after Hattie McDaniel broke barriers at the Academy Awards, cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s win signals how Black women are…
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Justice for Black Freedmen

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Choctaw Freedmen Call for Federal Protection Before Tribal Vote
Freedmen descendants, who oppose the measure, fear it will be used to further erode rights for Choctaw Freedmen descendants.
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HR 40 Is Back. And This Time, We’re Ready.
This week, Rep. Ayanna Pressley picked up the torch and reintroduced HR 40 with more than 75 co-sponsors and a clear message: it’s no longer a question…
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Black Farmers Are Reclaiming Their Land — With or Without the USDA
In 1910, Black farmers owned 14 million acres of land.Today? Less than 2 million.
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Black Ink: New Information in the Unreleased Documents from the Tulsa Race Massacre
A recording from The Black Wall Street Times's live video
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$105 Million for Greenwood: Mayor Nichols Makes History
It’s funding for housing. For education. For economic mobility.For restoring what was stolen.
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When You Rebuild a Tree, You Reclaim a Name
Justice for Greenwood just won national recognition for their genealogical work — work that goes beyond family trees.
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