ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Netflix's Original Documentary Series, ReMastered, investigates high-profile events affecting some of the most legendary names in music presenting groundbreaking discoveries and insights beyond what’s been previously reported.
CNN Interview on President Trump's Tulsa rally
Karlos K. Hill, chair of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, on President Trump's Tulsa rally.
100 years after one of the worst race massacres in US history, Tulsa finally searching for graves
Nearly a century after the deadly Tulsa race riots, the city is digging into its history, hoping that by searching for possible mass graves, they can finally put the past to rest.
Tulsa finally decides to address 1921 race massacre with search for mass grave
They marched into the thriving black Tulsa neighborhood on May 31, 1921, with shotguns and Molotov cocktails. Some wore masks, while others proudly showed their white faces.
Timeline: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
One of the worst race massacres in the nation’s history occurred in Tulsa over a 14-hour period May 31-June 1, 1921.
Dozens of people were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands were left homeless. Most of the segregated black district, known as Greenwood, was destroyed. Although the massacre itself lasted only a few hours, its repercussions are still felt today.
EDITORIAL: Statues of limitation
"It's not a choice of who is telling one or the other. I don't see them as separate stories. You can't tell the story of civil rights without mentioning the tragedy of Reconstruction. This is our history. We just have to be honest."
--Karlos Hill, chairman of the African and African-American Studies Department, University of Oklahoma
ABA commemorates Juneteenth with program exploring racial inequities
The ABA is hosting a webinar Friday to commemorate Juneteenth, an annual holiday marking the day that people who were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, walked away from bondage after they were told that the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two-and-a-half years earlier.
As Trump Comes to Tulsa, Teachers Grapple With How to Talk to Students About the City's 1921 Race Massacre
On June 10, the same day that President Donald Trump announced that his first major in-person campaign event since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. would be a rally in Tulsa, Okla., near the site of a 1921 race massacre, a panel of Tulsa public school teachers met on a Zoom call. They were there to talk to other educators about how to teach that history — and how to link the events of nearly a century ago to current news.
Why all Americans should celebrate Juneteenth
When American schoolchildren learn about slavery in the US, they are often told it ended with Abraham Lincoln’s signature on the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
Civil Unrest: Addressing trauma in the Black community
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Oklahomans react to George Floyd protest
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — In the words of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "A riot is the language of the unheard," and tonight, prominent voices in Oklahoma's African American community are speaking for the voiceless.
What's Black Lives Matter about? Combating police violence but also economic empowerment, advocates say
The Rev. Mareo Johnson chuckled when asked if Black Lives Matter is a Marxist organization.
“No,” said the leader of Tulsa’s chapter, “Black Lives Matter is not trying to overthrow the government. We just (want) a fair government.”
1867 vision for what's now Oklahoma was an all-Black Territory of Lincoln
In retrospect, and probably even at the time, the chances of success were slim indeed: creation of an all-Black territory and eventually a state out of a hunk of the United States already deeded to American Indians and an object of lust for white settlers, cattlemen, land speculators and railroaders.
Live-streamed discussion to begin OU activities related to Tulsa Race Massacre centennial
A live-streamed discussion about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a new exhibit at Bizzell Memorial Library will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The event will begin with a talk by Karlos Hill, chair of the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at OU, and Mechelle Brown, program director and tour guide at Tulsa’s Greenwood Cultural Center.
OU hosts Tulsa Race Massacre commemorative exhibit
The OU Bizzell Memorial Library is hosting an exhibit on the Tulsa Race Massacre called “From Tragedy to Triumph: Race Massacre Survivor Stories.”
Karlos K. Hill, associate professor and chair of the Clara Luper Department of African and African-American studies, curated the exhibit along with Mechelle Brown, program director of the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa.
Tulsa Race Massacre to be focus of 2021 spring Presidential Dream Course
OU will offer a Presidential Dream Course about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre during the 2021 spring semester.
The Presidential Dream Course will be open to all students to explain the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre and commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the violent attack against the city’s Black community, according to a webpage about the course. It will be taught by OU professors Rilla Askew, Meta G. Carstarphen and Karlos Hill.
OU offers Presidential Dream Course 'The Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later' for Spring 2021
According to a university press release, the OU Public Relations Student Society of America is working with OU faculty to promote a presidential dream course next semester focused on the centennial anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Professors speak out on the unprecedented violent siege attempt at the U.S. Capitol
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – “This is a historical moment. We are in unprecedented waters. To my knowledge, we have never had a president inciting his supporters to invalidate or prevent the certification of a presidential election.”
Dr. Karlos Hill, a University of Oklahoma professor, is troubled by the madness on Wednesday and what unfolded at our nation’s capital.
The Violent History of White Supremacy Is Rarely Taught in Schools. It Should Be
Searing images from this month’s mostly white insurrection in Washington, D.C.—including a hangman’s noose on the Capitol grounds and the Confederate flag carried inside the U.S. Capitol—harken back to another era when both were tools and symbols of white supremacy across the country.