By Janelle Stecklein/ CNHI State Reporter May 12, 2021
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference Feb. 11 in Oklahoma City. AP Photo / Sue Ogrocki
OKLAHOMA CITY â An Oklahoma lawmaker abruptly resigned from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission after the governor â a fellow commissioner â signed a bill banning the teaching of critical race theory in public schools.
The dispute occurred just weeks before the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, which happened May 31-June 1, 1921, resulting in the deaths of perhaps 100 to 300 Black residents in Tulsaâs Greenwood District, historians say.
âWith the signing of House Bill 1775, our fellow commissioner, Gov. Kevin Stitt, has cast an ugly shadow on the phenomenal work done during the last five years,â wrote Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, in his resignation letter. âGov. Stitt has chosen to align himself with folks who
The accident occurred at Northeast 36th Street and North Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City.
OHP said the first lady was not injured.
We’re told the other driver involved was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.