Race and Society in America

A flyer in the Greenwood Cultural Center about a showcase from summer camp attendees based on the 1619 Project.

A Greenwood summer camp is teaching kids about Black history before and after 1619

Ben Abrams

The program, based on a New York Times project, is a pilot. Organizers hope more like it can be arranged elsewhere in the country.

An excavation team at Oaklawn Cemetery, part of the city's 1921 Graves search, in September

Local & Regional

Experts uncover more DNA profiles, surnames tied to potential 1921 Massacre victims

Ben Abrams

The update follows a third excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery in 2023 that uncovered over 50 unmarked graves.

The University of Tulsa presents Sovereign Futures

Museum Confidential: Season 8, Episode 13.

An excavation crew works at Oaklawn Cemetery to find gravesites of 1921 Massacre victims.

Local & Regional

City begins new 1921 Race Massacre gravesite search

Ben Abrams

Researchers announced a "geophysical anomaly" had been detected during a test excavation this summer. Now, they're digging deeper.

Crews utilize heavy equipment to conduct a "test excavation" at Oaklawn Cemetery to search for possible grave sites of 1921 Race Massacre victims.

Local & Regional

City completes preliminary search for more 1921 Race Massacre graves

Ben Abrams

Crews finished "test excavations" a day earlier than scheduled.

ST Medical Monday on Juneteenth: "The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century" (Encore)

"An eye-opening history of nine African American women in medicine.... This immersive tribute to a group of pioneering women will inspire readers of all backgrounds." -- Publishers Weekly

"The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them" (Encore)

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them"

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide"

"The pandemic brought America's health inequities into stark relief, but [this book] illustrates that the problem isn't new, and that it is embedded more deeply than many of us realize.... Thrasher, a gay Black man, brings figures from the viral underclass to life in this engaging, enraging read." -- The Boston Globe

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.