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Oklahoma Historical Society Announces Line-Up, Theme For 2021Oklahoma History Conference
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By: Amy Slanchik
NORMAN, Oklahoma -
The University of Oklahoma is hosting a symposium reflecting on the 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre.
The theme of the three-day symposium is Reflecting on the Past, Facing the Future, and it is part of OU’s yearlong educational initiative about the massacre.
Events started Thursday and included both in-person and virtual participants.
One of Thursday’s events focused on art and literature based on the massacre. Artists and a poet shared some of their work and took questions from the audience.
Author Karlos Hill said during the opening ceremony that the symposium will be about more than the horrific details of May 31st and June 1st, 1921.
OU Kicks Off Three-Day Symposium About 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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On the Town: Poet laureate, others to shed light on state’s history By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record April 6, 2021
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Learn about little-known Oklahoma history and explore different viewpoints during the Oklahoma Historical Society’s upcoming and virtual annual conference, including from U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, who lives in Tulsa and is the keynote speaker.
With a theme of “Perspectives in History,” the 2021 Oklahoma History Conference will be a virtual one April 22-23. Organizers encouraged presentations that would share the stories of underrepresented groups, lesser-known topics and new points of view, a news release noted.
Harjo will speak at noon April 22. She is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the first Native American to hold the poet laureate position. She has written nine books of poetry and a memoir,