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Last summer, a group of Oklahomans honored civil rights pioneer Dr. John W. Montgomery in Poteau, Okla., and mourned the Black lives lost at the hands of law enforcement.
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Last summer, a group of Oklahomans honored civil rights pioneer Dr. John W. Montgomery in Poteau, Okla., and mourned the Black lives lost at the hands of law enforcement.

On this episode, the first Black mayor of an Oklahoma town talks about his plans to do things differently for the Idabel community, a historic election is set to take place among tribes which will finally consider the inclusion of their fellow Black tribal members, we talk with descendants of civil rights pioneers of small town Oklahoma about the legacy of their families' work to push their community into a more just future, we have a story on how Black women are bringing recycling to their community and taking claim to a history of reducing and reusing, and we'll dive into the inequities of Oklahoma's growing cannabis industry with our series 'Blacks and Cannabis."

All of this and more on Focus: Black Oklahoma.

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