OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Local playwright La’Charles Purvey attacks the stereotypes within his own African- American community in “Condescendin’ White Boys.”
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: african-american
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OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Local playwright La’Charles Purvey attacks the stereotypes within his own African- American community in “Condescendin’ White Boys.”
Capitol gains
Past, present and the future of the African-American community in Oklahoma are spotlighted during the Africa West culture and heritage festival.
Features
Charles Martin
Africa West
Saturday
Metro Tech Springlake Campus, 1900 Springlake Drive
Africawestokc.com, 427-4444
The color of law
The battle of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher in Oklahoma helped fuel the national civil rights movement.
News
Tricia Pemberton
The seven steps to the “colored” chair were just seven more humiliations to be endured in Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher’s long fight toward freedom.
The Split / The Slams
Jim Brown breaks ground in these two cinematic ball-breakers.
Poised for progress
Southern Baptists in Oklahoma react to the election of the national organization’s first African-American president.
News
Greg Horton
The Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African-American president. Fred Luter, New Orleans pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, won during the SBA’s annual meeting today in New Orleans.
What would J.C. do?
CFN
Gazette staff
The spanking Mitt Romney took in the presidential election might have the GOP thinking it’s time for a new quarterback — perhaps a real, honest-to-goodness QB. And so it is that J.C. Watts, the former Oklahoma congressman and University of Oklahoma Sooners quarterback, says he is being encouraged to run for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
Zoning out
OKC officials abruptly back off a controversial rezoning request for a historic neighborhood near the OU Health Sciences Center.
News
Jerry Bohnen
After nearly a year of efforts by Oklahoma City to rezone the historic John F. Kennedy residential neighborhood for the expansion of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, city officials are withdrawing their rezoning request.
The cannabis justice system
CFN
Gazette staff
Question: What issue is black, white and green all over?
Answer: Marijuana possession in Oklahoma.
