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Deon Devon Osborne
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Oklahoma-based journalist & Documentarian | Freedmen Descendant | IndepthwithDeon.Substack.com | Send tips on Signal. 405.367.1723
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Dec 18, 2024
    A year ago, I wrote an article not realizing it could be about my own ancestors. After digging into my granny’s ancestry, I’ve discovered my great-great-grandmother Cynthia Gibson (later Cynthia Thomas) was a @CherokeeNation Freedman on the Dawes Roll. 🧵 theblackwallsttimes.com/2023/08/08/the…
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Nov 13, 2024
    Tulsa Race Massacre survivor breaks bread with first Black mayor of Tulsa.
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    Monroe Nichols
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    Nov 13, 2024
    Happy 110th Birthday to Mother Randle! Mother Randle is one of two Tulsa Race Massacre survivors. Her endurance and grace is a legacy all in itself and her continued fight for justice is an inspiration!
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Apr 6, 2024
    On May 10, 2024, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher turns 110 years old. On April 2, 2024, she attended an Oklahoma Supreme Court hearing in the reparations case for the last 2 know living survivors. If the High Court rules in their favor, the case goes to trial.
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Nov 6, 2024
    Replying to @indepthwithDeon
    Monroe Nichols claims victory in Tulsa Mayoral Election as first Black mayor in the city’s history 103 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Nov 6, 2024
    Americans really said, “l see what Oklahoma looks like. I’ll have some more of that.”
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Nov 10, 2024
    Today is the 110th birthday of Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle. Wish her some love!
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Jul 16, 2023
    Days after dismissing the Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit, and after we covered her Twitter ties to far right figures, Judge Caroline Wall appears to have deleted her account.
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Mar 16, 2023
    Just finished an interview w/ a Black teacher who was fired from Bixby 9th Grade Center after she pushed back against students who repeatedly said the n-word. She alleges she was accused of not being "neutral" toward racism and fired. Will have more details soon. #oklaed
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Nov 1, 2024
    At 109 years old, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle voted for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during early voting in Oklahoma, Justice For Greenwood announced Friday. theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/11/01/tul…
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Sep 19, 2024
    Fact: Oklahoma is home to more lynchings than any other state outside the South. The state’s very first law was segregation. Now schools are threatened if they teach it. History informs the present. These kids are learning it from someone.
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    Cameron Spradling, Attorney & Counselor at Law
    @CamSpradling
    Sep 19, 2024
    Ryan Walters needs to be investigating Tishomingo High School and why this is funny for its football players during Spirit Week. @RyanWaltersSupt @DanIsett @oksde Let’s not go back Oklahoma!
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Mar 28, 2024
    Same school, 67 years apart. This is how racism transforms to fit the times. On the left: Central High School students and teacher in Little Rock sue over a ban on Black history in 2024. On the right: the first Black students enter a desegregated Central High School in 1957.
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Jan 4, 2024
    I hope y’all are paying attention to Oklahoma because this is ground zero for attempts to dismantle the U.S. Constitution and turn the nation into a theocracy ruled by hypocrites.
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    The Black Wall Street Times
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    Jan 4, 2024
    ~Oklahoma House Bill Proposes Ten Commandments in Classrooms~ Rep. Jim Olsen, who previously compared abortion to chattel slavery, says he hopes placing the Ten Commandments in every classroom will inspire young people to lead moral lives. bit.ly/3TLio28
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Sep 6, 2023
    When I reached out to @RyanWaltersSupt office asking for his response to criticisms of the Prager U partnership, his communications director @DanIsett told me Black Wall Street Times reporters are now banned from interview requests. #OklaEd
    Okla. Supt. Ryan Walters bans Black media from interviews indefinitely
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    Deon Devon Osborne
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    Sep 30, 2024
    JUST IN: Attorney for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors announces US Dept of Justice will open a review into the 103-year old city-sanctioned racial domestic terror attack.
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