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Anna Pope/KOSUOver the weekend, the Town of Boley hosted the Oklahoma Black Towns Juneteenth Rhythm & Blues Festival. The event commemorates Juneteenth while celebrating community and the legacy of Oklahoma’s 13 remaining historic All-Black Towns. -
Photo courtesy of Jake TigerSeminole Nation of Oklahoma leaders are joining hands with Indigenous leaders in Florida, uniting against an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades because it is located on ancestral homelands they hope to safeguard. -
This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses a state Supreme Court ruling on House Bill 1775 to limit discussions of race and sex in schools, the state's high court justices considering oral arguments against a state question to open Oklahoma's primary elections and more. -
The Kiowa Tribe/FacebookIn March, the Kiowa community welcomed 10 young buffalo to their homelands in southwest Oklahoma and is already looking to expand the herd.
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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Questions are swirling around a gaming compact between Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah Band. -
The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided Tuesday the state's law banning certain discussions on race and sex does not apply to college and university classrooms. -
Michael Mayes, National Register coordinator with the Oklahoma Historical Society, said the nominations were on behalf of citizens concerned with the future of both sites. -
This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announcement of a new private charitable trust to benefit the Greenwood District, the investigation into the death of MarQuiel Ross, veteran responses to the Trump administration's military policies and more. -
President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights. -
Westwin Elements' dream for America and swirling questions of tribal sovereignty, health in OklahomaA nickel refinery in Lawton, hoping to help solve America’s critical minerals crisis, has been the center of debate. After facing pushback from three local tribes, questions loom over the strength of Indigenous sovereignty. -
More than 100 ago, white residents of Tulsa destroyed a thriving Black neighborhood. -
Indigenous representation continues its momentum in the entertainment industry, and the 25th annual deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City has a lineup of films to show for it. -
Tulsa’s first Black mayor launches $105 million Greenwood Trust to establish reparations for descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. -
This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt signing a bill to reduce the top income tax bracket by .25%, a legal challenge coming to a new law restricting initiative petitions and more.
