Laurie Sisk / Joplin Globe
TULSAâ Ru Helms has long dreamed of being the CEO of his own company.
âIâve been wanting to be a CEO of my own company since I was 6,â he said.
A month before he graduated high school last year, Helms, 20, launched his first clothing brand â Only Tha9ine Klothing â which represents him and his 15 siblings. Heâll launch his second brand later this year.
Growing up in the Greenwood District, Helms said he was able to leverage the connections his father had built working as a barber at a small, locally owned shop. He found his entrepreneurship dream had plenty of support from local residents and the connections he has forged over the years.
Hundreds of black gun owners including members of the Black Panther party marched through downtown Tulsa in honor of the lives lost during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 on Saturday.