Deon Devon Osborne
@indepthwithDeon
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Managing Editor @ Black Wall St. Times. | Biased for Democracy. | Pro-reparations | Freedmen descendant | Registered Independent | (He/him) [email protected]
Norman, OK
Joined August 2012
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. 🧵
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RT @The_Red_Hat: The University of Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center is slated to lose $76 million dollars. It hosts some of the ONLY fully…
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Punk ass wanna be Nazis ran as soon as the brothas showed up. All bark and no bite.
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The same people who are “brave” enough to storm the U.S. Capitol are scared to set foot in a Black community. Y’all are the saddest bunch of fascist sympathizers the world has ever seen.
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RT @Phil_Lewis_: WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave.
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Not satisfied with wasting Oklahoma taxpayer dollars on frivolous lawsuits against the Tribes, he’s now resorted to bold faced lies. This is not a real speed sign. White Ego Inclusion (WEI) strikes again.
It's happening again in Tulsa. The Muscogee Creek Nation is undermining the State and city's authority to enforce our laws. We cannot have two separate justice systems based on race. It won't work.
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“There’s a lot of citizens in this area we need to be taking care of, whether it’s by health outcomes, jobs and homes, skills and career building, whatever the need is. We have a lot of room to grow,” Wilkes said.
Charles Wilkes, a descendant of Cherokee Freedmen and Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, has entered the race for Cherokee Nation Council in newly drawn District 5. If elected, he'd become the 1st Freedman descendant on Cherokee Nation Council in a century.
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Freedmen helped build these nations in Indian Territory, and the history of the Cherokee Nation includes slave revolts, proving the desire for self-determination.
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Tevin Foster’s professional basketball journey has taken him across the country and halfway around the world, from Oklahoma to Croatia and Serbia. Now, he’s using the skills he developed as a leader on the court to give back to youth in his hometown.
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Full episode OUT NOW on YT, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. When Tyrance Billingsley first had the vision for Black Tech Street at 24 years old, funders didn’t take him seriously. Now, he’s brought Microsoft and other major tech companies to Greenwood.
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Entering its fourth year, Black History Saturdays returns Saturday, Feb. 8 for Tulsans of all ages to explore the unfiltered excellence of their real history that's been banned or blurred from Oklahoma classrooms.
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RT @Phil_Lewis_: A historic Black church in Washington, DC, now owns the Proud Boys’ name Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church…
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RT @RepRashida: This president is openly calling for ethnic cleansing while sitting next to a genocidal war criminal. He’s perfectly fine c…
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RT @indepthwithDeon: @Monichols The proposal is based on descendant lineage, not race. It includes a victims compensation fund, direct paym…
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@Monichols The proposal is based on descendant lineage, not race. It includes a victims compensation fund, direct payments, scholarships, tax abatement, city contract preferences, and a hospital in north Tulsa. It comes 104 years after a white mob killed upwards of 300 Black Tulsans. (THS)
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