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If you’re out holiday shopping, here are some new books by Oklahoma authors to keep an eye out for. -
Sarah Liese/KOSUThe Oklahoma City Thunder is celebrating Native American Heritage Month this November with slick, City Edition uniforms. But as Thunder DJ Emcee One discussed in a recent interview, Indigenous representation doesn’t end after this month. It grooves on all season long. -
Jamie Glisson/Focus: Black OklahomaViola Fletcher was 111 years old and still resided in Tulsa when she died Monday. She lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre as a child, which she said deeply scarred her and her family. -
Eric Gay/APThe U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Focus: Black Oklahoma is a news and public affairs program covering topics relevant to the African American and BIPOC communities statewide. The show seeks to inform the public through stories and interviews, engage the community through lively discussion, and spotlight local artists and creators.The program has won a duPont-Columbia Award and an NAACP Image Award, and was nominated for a Peabody Award.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on the ripple effects felt by the federal government shutdown, the end of UCO's student newspaper, The Vista, and the human costs of mental health cuts in Oklahoma. -
The Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee Nations are suing Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials and a special prosecutor in an ongoing dispute over hunting and fishing licenses on tribal reservations. -
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI. -
The Muscogee Nation is sounding the alarm over the need to revitalize two Indigenous languages. Principal Chief David Hill recently issued an executive order outlining actions to safeguard the Muscogee and Euchee languages. -
The Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame inducted the Kiowa Code Talkers for their service in World War II, for their use of coded language, never cracked by enemy soldiers. There are four Indigenous code-talking groups honored by the Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation: Pawnee, Choctaw, Comanche and, now, Kiowa. -
Jakian Parks: The Black Land is a showcase of Black equestrian life, with images captured from Oklahoma backyards to the now-demolished Jim Norick Arena. -
The excavation, which began Oct. 14, has uncovered 80 previously unknown unmarked graves and nine potential victims, University of Oklahoma anthropologist Kary Stackelbeck said. -
During a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Wednesday, leaders of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina advocated for federal recognition through the Lumbee Fairness Act — an issue on which Chief of the Shawnee Tribe Ben Barnes and Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin disagree. -
A Cornell professor worked with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to understand how stereotypes impact their youth. The findings in partnership with the tribe in North Carolina highlight what Oklahoma educators may want to consider when talking about stereotypes in the classroom. -
Civil rights icon Clara Luper's 1958 sit-in at Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City paved the way for the nationwide sit-in movement. That important moment in the nation's history is now immortalized in bronze.
