The Unrealized Promise of Oklahoma

How the push for statehood led a beacon of racial progress to oppression and violence

Smithsonian Magazine
Tulsa finally decides to address 1921 race massacre with search for mass grave

The 1921 race riots destroyed black Tulsa, now the city is digging for mass graves

Los Angeles Times
If you don’t understand Oklahoma, you can’t understand America

A Black man like me is not supposed to love Oklahoma. But in studying my home state’s history of violence, theft and wild ambitions, I learned to reckon with its legacy

The Guardian

(3/5) ... Maga) + Territoire Jumeaux indien et #Oklaoma -> Cinq Tribus (cf 1830) aux côtés des États confédérés pro-esclavage #politique (cf 1865).
- disparition du Royaume des Deux-Siciles -> création #Italie
- France : Julie-Victoire Daubié 1ère femme bachelière alors qu'il n'existe aucun collège et lycée pour filles (cf 1880) + Compiègne : naissance d' Alice Mathieu-Dubois du couple non marié Mathieu-Dubois dentiste ex-esclave affranchi de Guyane ...

#year1861 #anthropocene #climat #climate

Death Penalty report

Death penalty report for mid March – April

April 2025

We are pleased to attach the group’s death penalty report thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. In a previous post (see below) we refer to the Amnesty annual report for 2024 which shows that while the number of countries using the report has held steady, the number of executions has risen markedly. We do not know of the huge number executed in China since the statistics are a state secret.

Report: Mar – April (Word)Download

#AIUK #Bangladesh #DeathPenalty #Florida #India #Oklaoma #Salisbury #USA