In this instance, I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you. I deeply regret my blindness to that perception, and for that I am sorry. Tulsa is the infamous city of the 1921 race riots and Lankford faced cancel.
Sen. James Lankford apologized to the Black community in a letter Thursday, saying his opposing the presidential election results in some states was interpreted as a "direct attack on their right to vote."
State senator will speak at service celebrating King
St. John Missionary Baptist Church typically hosts a Concerned Clergy for Spiritual Renewal city-wide church service honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at 3 p.m. on the third Sunday in January.
That annual service will not be held this year due to concerns about COVID-19.
However, the church, 5700 N Kelley, will focus its attention on King during its virtual morning worship set for 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Sen. George Young, a retired Baptist preacher, will be special guest. Young, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, retired in 2013 after 30 years of pastoral service.
The public is invited to view the virtual service via St. John’s Facebook page, YouTube and
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Calls are mounting for Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) to resign his seat on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission after his role in sowing doubt about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and the insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol. When people show you who you are, believe them the FIRST time! wrote activist Dr. Tiffany Crutcher in a Saturday Facebook post. We will not sing kumbaya in 2021! Sen. James Lankford resign from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission NOW! Sen. Lankford should remove himself from the 1921 Race Massacre Centennial Commission. If he doesn’t, then he should be removed, activist and 2020 Tulsa mayoral candidate Greg Robinson wrote.
Friday, January 1st 2021, 5:22 am
By: News On 6
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Year Launch
The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission partnered with YMCA Tulsa and John Hope Franklin Park to host Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial anniversary.
The event will take place on Friday, January 1 at 3 p.m.
FDA Announces Voluntary Recall For Pet Food
Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc., of Evansville, IN is issuing a voluntary recall of dog and cat food products due to tests indicating levels of Aflatoxin that exceed acceptable limits. Products were distributed nationally to online distributors and retail stores.
Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by the mold