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This weekend you’ll have the opportunity to hear directly from a civil rights icon during Black History Month.It’s an opportunity that’s available to everyone, thanks to Oklahoma Christian University. Gary Jones, Oklahoma Christian’s assistant dean of students, takes us back to Selma, Alabama, 1965. Bloody Sunday. You find a photo where there is a young lady, kids on this bridge, and through some digging, I find Joanne Bland,” he said. Bland was just 11 years old at the time, beginning a lifelong journey of civil rights activism. Jones tracked her down for Oklahoma Christian’s “History Speaks” series. I wanted to find a story I felt like hadn t been told in a broad sense,” he said. A story about a life spent fighting for justice, for the right to vote, for equality. Jones said you can expect to hear some things that may surprise or even shock you. A lot of people are starting to pay attention for things the Black community has been saying for a long time,”
Oklahoma Joe: News literacy may be more important than ever
Joe Hight
Your truth may not be mine.
I said that recently to my University of Central Oklahoma Media Ethics students when talking about truth versus facts.
It’s an understanding we all need in a society in which more people are basing their truth on conspiracists, partisan politicians and media instead of seeking to find facts.
According to one Merriam-Webster’s definition, truth is “a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or
accepted as true.” Fact, however, is defined as “something that has actual existence.”
While seeking our own truth, we need to get the correct facts. We need to embrace the importance of news literacy.