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Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert to perform on ACM Awards and more A&E news Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and more to perform on ACM Awards Ada native Blake Shelton, Checotah native Carrie Underwood and former Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert will be among the performers on 56th Academy of Country Music Awards.  The Academy of Country Music, dick clark productions and CBS announced today the full superstar lineup for this years ACM Awards, airing liv...

Ryan Cass Fire in Little Africa artists in front of the Skyline Mansion, a now Black-owned venue originally built by a KKK leader who helped orchestrate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This photo is inspired by a group photo of original Black Wall Street business owners from before 1921. In partnership with the Bob Dylan Center and Woody Guthrie Center, the project marks 100th anniversary of Tulsas Black Wall Street massacre. The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most signi...

Fire in Little Africa Set for May 28 Release Via Motown Records/Black Forum in Partnership with the Bob Dylan Center® and Woody Guthrie Center® Album Brings Fresh And Important Perspective To The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre And Celebrates The Citys Vibrant Hip Hop Scene News provided by Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Fire in Little Africa – a groundbreaking album of original material, written and recorded by a collective of Oklahoma hip hop artists to commemora...

Tulsa, Okla. Loading the player... On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob – enraged by a rumor that a young Black man had assaulted a white woman – attacked the Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They set fire to the district, looted businesses, killed Black residents, and displaced thousands.  It was one of the most devastating incidents of racist violence in U.S. history. And it stayed mostly unmentioned for decades.   Today, nearly 100 years after what is now known a...