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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord News

Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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The Williams family was the first automobile owners in the Greenwood District. Loula Williams with her husband John and son William.  The Willams also owned an auto garage and ice cream store. Photo courtesy of Tulsa Historical Society.

The promise of “Dreamland”

Kayla Hawley June 15, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota ー The term “dreamland” evokes visions of hope, aspiration, and a safe haven where dreams can be realized. For many Black communities, particularly during the early- to...

The Voices of Resilience team meeting with KingDemetrius Pendleton outside of his Listen Media gallery in George Floyd Square.  Pendleton’s work documenting racial protests and advocacy in the Twin Cities region has spanned decades.

Two neighborhoods, one story

Kayla Hawley and Julie Jones June 10, 2024

Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tulsa, Oklahoma sit 704 miles apart. Yet the two communities share an experience that is historically common to Black communities: a violent, disruptive event that caught the...

A.B. Cassius after obtaining a liquor license in Minneapolis. He was the first Black man granted a liquor license in the city. SOURCE: Courtesy of the John F. Glanton Collection via the Hennepin County Library

The Godfather of Dreamland

Kayla Hawley June 7, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota ー Anthony Brutus Cassius, or A.B. Cassius for short, is known as a civil rights leader whose contributions to the Black community in south Minneapolis is still revered a hundred...

The Vernon AME (African Methodists Episcopal) Church in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, was founded before Oklahoma statehood. During the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, people of the neighborhood sheltered in the church’s basement.  Vernon AME continues to serve and support the largely Black community of North Tulsa. SOURCE: Google Street Maps.

Faith and trauma define two neighborhoods 700 miles apart

Graham Dowers June 6, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS AND TULSA, OKLAHOMA The neighborhood surrounding 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis and the Greenwood district of Tulsa are communities that share a common bond through their...

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