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CIVIL RIGHTS: Joanne Bland to speak as part of Oklahoma Christian series

This weekend you’ll have the opportunity to hear directly from a civil rights icon during Black History Month.It’s an opportunity that’s available to everyone, thanks to Oklahoma Christian University. Gary Jones, Oklahoma Christian’s assistant dean of students, takes us back to Selma, Alabama, 1965. Bloody Sunday. You find a photo where there is a young lady, kids on this bridge, and through some digging, I find Joanne Bland,” he said. Bland was just 11 years old at the time, beginning a lifelong journey of civil rights activism. Jones tracked her down for Oklahoma Christian’s “History Speaks” series. I wanted to find a story I felt like hadn t been told in a broad sense,” he said. A story about a life spent fighting for justice, for the right to vote, for equality. Jones said you can expect to hear some things that may surprise or even shock you. A lot of people are starting to pay attention for things the Black community has been saying for a long time,”

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