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The Black Chronicle is an African-American weekly newspaper in the state of Oklahoma. [2] Founded in April 1979 and based in Oklahoma City's Eastside, it is owned by Perry Publishing and Broadcasting and caters to Oklahoma City's black community. [3] Today, the Black Chronicle has the largest paid circulation among Oklahoma's weekly newspapers.
It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first known African American newspaper in Oklahoma was the Oklahoma Guide (distinct from the later Guthrie publication of the same name), which was a monthly newspaper published in Oklahoma City in 1889. [1] The state's first weekly African American newspaper was The Langston City Herald ...
'Descendants of the Black 1000: Flight from Oklahoma Black Towns to Canada' When: Through April 1. Where: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11, Oklahoma City.
Davis, a native of Missouri, came to Oklahoma in 2020 through the Tulsa Remote Program and served for a time as town manager for Tullahassee, the oldest of the surviving Black townships in the state.
The Black Dispatch (1914–1982) was an African- American weekly newspaper published in Oklahoma City. [1][2] Roscoe Dunjee was the paper's editor. [3] Dunjee was an influence on Ralph Ellison, who was a courier for the paper. [4] Under the editorial guidance of Dunjee, the paper maintained significant circulation, especially outside of Oklahoma.
Period. 1883–1965. Roscoe Dunjee (1883–1965) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and editor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He founded the Black Dispatch in 1915, the first black newspaper in Oklahoma City, and used it as a platform to support civil rights and reveal injustices. Long active in the local chapter of the NAACP, in ...
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) is a museum located in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The museum features traveling special exhibitions, original selections from its own collection, a theater showing a variety of foreign, independent, and classic films each week, and a restaurant.
African Americans have a rich history in Oklahoma. [1][2] An estimated 7.8% of Oklahomans are Black as of the 2020 census, constituting 289,961 individuals. [3] African-Americans first settled in Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears. While many of these people were enslaved Africans, around 500 chose to do so in order to escape slavery. [4]