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Mayor, civic leaders honor Martin Luther King, Jr

Community leaders gathered to remember the legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a message that one must reconcile the past and the present to move

Activists call for Sen Lankford to step down from Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission

Senator apologises to Black Tulsans for election challenge

Protesters are in the building. pic.twitter.com/35KgJfVxHM Tulsa’s Black leaders say the challenges were meant to disenfranchise their community, who have faced historic racism and denial of the right to vote in the US. State Representative Monroe Nichols told the Tulsa World the challenge was “a great example of Black people voting in record numbers, with a coalition of people who look different, who are being told, ‘No, their votes didn’t count ”. Lankford said in his letter on Thursday that in proposing an electoral commission, he never intended “to disenfranchise any voter or state”. “I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you,” Lankford continued. “I deeply regret my blindness to that perception, and for that I am sorry.”

Calls Mount For Lankford To Resign From Race Massacre Centennial Commission After Capitol Attack

An audio version of this story. 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.

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