Tulsa elects first Black mayor

Tulsa elects first Black mayor 103 years after race massacre
LOCAL NEWS: ‘We thank them’: DOJ makes historic Tulsa trip amid federal race massacre review Nichols has served in Oklahoma’s legislature for the past eight years as a Democrat, although his new position is non-partisan. He’s says it’s been ...
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109-Year-Old Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Casts Vote For Kamala Harris In 2024 Election
Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, cast her vote in the 2024 presidential election for Kamala Harris. At 109, with her 110th birthday approaching this weekend,
Monroe Nichols becomes first Black mayor of Tulsa over a century after the Race Massacre
Monroe Nichols wrote his name in the history books on Tuesday when he defeated Karen Keith to become the first Black mayor of Tulsa.
110-Year-Old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor votes in Oklahoma
Americans across the country are making their voices heard at the voting booths on Election Day (Nov. 5). As revealed by CNN correspondent Abby D. Phillip, Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest remaining survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,
110 year old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor votes in person for 2024 election
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Viola Fletcher arrived at her polling location to vote in person for the 2024 election.
Monroe Nichols becomes first Black mayor of Tulsa in ‘historic and significant’ election
Black residents say Nichols’ election adds a new, inspiring page to the history books of a city known for its dark past.
Tulsa Becomes 'Shining City on a Hill' Electing Its First Black Mayor
In an emotional celebration marked by cheers, applause, and tears of joy, Tulsa made history Tuesday night, electing Monroe Nichols as its first Black mayor. Standing beneath a shower of confetti at the Greenwood Cultural Center—a poignant landmark in a city once scarred by the 1921 race massacre that decimated the prosperous
Core samples drilled at Newblock Park as Tulsa Race Massacre grave search continues
Archeologists sunk testing equipment deep into the north edge of Newblock Park on Thursday, searching again for possible ...
A 109-Year-Old Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Just Cast Her Ballot. It’s My Favorite Story of the Year.
C onsider, if you must, and you absolutely must, my favorite political story of this misbegotten and ragged political year.
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Core samples taken at Newblock Park in search for graves of 1921 Race Massacre victims
Archaeologists took soil core samples at Newblock Park west of downtown between Charles Page Boulevard and the Arkansas River ...
Memorial service planned for remains exhumed in Tulsa Race Massacre graves search
The remains were exhumed over the past two years from Section 20 of Oaklawn Cemetery, where the memorial service will be held ...
Tulsa Race Massacre descendants meet with DOJ cold case detectives amid federal review
Family members of the two known living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre met for the first time on Thursday with detectives from the DOJ.
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‘Everyone wants actual accountability,’ attorney for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors says as DOJ visits site
FILE - In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla., during the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S ...
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109-year-old survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre casts vote for Kamala Harris
Lessie Benningfield Randle, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, cast her vote for Kamala Harris in the ...