He was the state s most colorful politician, who had been president of Oklahoma s Constitutional Convention, served in the Legislature, served two terms in Congress and was Oklahoma s ninth governor.
From the Tulsa World Archive, we share the message that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1960 at First Baptist Church North Tulsa to a capacity crowd.
In 1950, the Flood Control Act approved by Congress authorized the Keystone Dam project. Construction started in 1957. The first bucket of concrete was poured on Oct. 15, 1960.
"The goal is to instill the importance of local journalism in a world of misinformation and declining media literacy," writes Tulsa World Editor Jason Collington.