Black Art and Culture in America

Now at the Woody Guthrie Center, "Love Saves the Day: The Subterranean History of American Disco"

The newly-opened exhibit will be on view through October 8th of this year.

"Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band"

"This perceptive book is an insightful account, appealing to the aficionado and scholar alike." -- Todd Wright, Director of Jazz Studies, Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University

A conversation with Dr. Mary Frances Berry

Our esteemed guest, who's speaking tonight (the 24th) on the TU campus, was the chairwoman (as appointed by President Clinton) of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1993 to 2004.

ST presents Museum Confidential: "Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers"

We learn all about an art exhibition, opening soon in London, which collects 60+ works made by noted African-American artists over the past century.

The American South...at the Royal Academy of Arts

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 12.

Now playing at, and coming soon to, the Tulsa PAC: A pair of moving African-American dramatic works by Dominique Morisseau

"Paradise Blue" will have its final stagings on February 25th and 26th, and "Skeleton Crew" will run from March 3rd through the 11th.

The Hidden History of Black Cinema

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 1.

"The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth" (Encore)

A professor at the Georgetown University Law Center examines the foundations of racist policing in America

A photo of the Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center provided by the museum's Facebook Page on August 13, 2022.

Local & Regional

Museum curator sharing global impact of Greenwood Rising History Center

Cassidy Mudd

Officials from the Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center are celebrating the impact the museum has had not just on the Tulsa community, but the world.

With the Juneteenth holiday approaching, we revisit our discussion of "Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery and Abolition"

"[A] remarkable anthology.... As a whole, this collection showcases the vastness of Black thinking and writing, and nicely complements works by Martha S. Jones and Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. Complete with a list of suggestions for further reading, this winning anthology is a must for all interested in Black history, but unsure where to start." -- Library Journal (starred review)