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LaFortune was elected Mayor of Tulsa in 1970, and sworn in on May 5, 1970. [5] As mayor, he got passage of bond issues for the city's freeway system, [1] as well as the Williams Center and Tulsa Performing Arts Center in downtown Tulsa. [6] He also helped initiate the start of the Indian Nations Council of Governments (INCOG). [7]
The letter, found in the National Archives, states “C. L. was killed in a race riot in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1921.” “She was a very resilient woman,” Poythress said of Amanda Daniel.
Fletcher was born May 10, 1914, in Comanche, Oklahoma, to Lucinda Ellis and John Wesley Ford. [a] [3] She was the second oldest of eight children. [1]One younger brother, Hughes Van Ellis, was a newborn at the time of the massacre; [1] [3] Ellis died on October 9, 2023, at the age of 102. [4]
Carlton D'Metrius Pearson (March 19, 1953 – November 19, 2023) was an American Christian minister and gospel music artist. [1] At one time, he was the pastor of the Higher Dimensions Evangelistic Center Incorporated, later named the Higher Dimensions Family Church, which was one of the largest churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tito Jackson, who rose to fame alongside his brothers in the Jackson 5, has died.The Claremore resident was 70. Tito's sons — Taj, Taryll and TJ Jackson — confirmed his death in an Instagram ...
Police were dispatched to the residence about 16 miles west of downtown Oklahoma City at about 9:35 a.m. based on a report that there were bodies inside, Knight said.
Around 35 years old when he died, Deputy Sheriff George H. Loney had lived in Paden for several years and was held in the highest regard, according to The Okemah Ledger. Described by the newspaper as a fearless man, he was known for having helped to stop the practice of bootlegging in Paden, on behalf of supporters of the local temperance ...
Four of the seven people found dead at the home of a convicted rapist in Henryetta, Oklahoma, have now been identified by a relative. Janette Mayo, 59, said the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office ...