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Aired on Tuesday, April 27th. We're pleased to welcome Quraysh Ali Lansana back to StudioTulsa; the writer, poet, educator, and Tulsa Artist Fellow joins us to discuss his newest book. That volume, "Opal's Greenwood Oasis," is a children's book for which he is the co-author. Aimed at elementary-school readers, the book profiles one Opal Brown, who takes her very first "on her own" bike ride throughout her home neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The year is 1921, and Tulsa's infamous race massacre has not yet occurred, and this community -- one of the most prosperous Black American ...

It was 100 years ago this June that one of the most prosperous Black communities in the nation was devastated by an outright massacre---right here in Oklahoma. The Greenwood District in Tulsa was dubbed “Black Wall Street,” a place where Black business owners could go for capital and Black families thrived. Keeping the memory of that community and its destruction alive is vital for a full understanding of the history of the state.  So we’re asking you, our listeners, to join us in better educating ourselves about it through the new KGOU Readers Club. We’ve selected four books by auth...

Daroline Dale Nelson was born the second of five children to Darrow Dale Nelson and Ada Mae Humble Nelson on December 9, 1930 in Pennington County, South Dakota. Her early