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Mississippi Godayum: An Open Letter To A State With A Song Of Silence
Dear Mississippi, Your silence is a show tune. But you’ve sung this tune for far too long. In 1955, there was the gruesome murder of Emmett Till. Silence. In 1963, the assassination of Medgar Evers and the bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where four Black…
How One San Juan Hotel Shaped Puerto Rico’s Tourism, Nightlife And The Piña Colada
If the walls of the Caribe Hilton in San Juan could talk, they might recount the staff preparing for Elizabeth Taylor’s 1950 honeymoon with Conrad Hilton Jr. They might share behind-the-scenes stories from the filming of 22 Jump Street. And they would almost certainly boast about…
Pastor embezzled $504K from historic Vernon AME, which survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
TULSA, Okla. — Historic Vernon AME Church says former pastor Keith Rydell Mayes Sr. acted without the knowledge or authorization of church leadership when he diverted more than $504,000 while overseeing the finances of one of Greenwood’s most significant institutions. Mayes, 63,…
Jabee takes Oklahoma City’s violence prevention work to New England conference
BOSTON, Mass. — Oklahoma City artist and violence prevention leader Jabee brought his community-based approach to public safety to Gillette Stadium this week, joining hundreds of frontline workers focused on preventing violence before it happens. Jabee, who serves as executive…