On Saturday, April 4, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., a panel discussion focused on “Black Oklahoma History and Sustainable Futures” will convene at the Oklahoma History Center.

Presenters include Mayor James Anderson of Grayson, who will discuss Grayson’s history and the Community Center project’s future goals. Dr. Regina DeLoach will address Lawton’s Black history and plans for a Juneteenth festival. C. Derrick Jones will present “Iconium Black Land History and the Future of the Iconium Farms Project.” Civil Rights icon and journalist Ayanna Najuma will moderate the panel. A question and answer session will follow the presentations.

The event is organized by the Black Artists of Oklahoma Project at the University of Oklahoma, a collaborative initiative that celebrates African American and African diaspora art from Oklahoma through research, exhibitions, publications, and programming.

For further information, contact Kalenda Eaton at [email protected], or Matthew Pearce, OHS state historian at [email protected].

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed during the program do not necessarily represent those of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

From left to right: Mayor James Anderson, Dr. Regina DeLoach, C. Derrick Jones, Ayanna Najuma.

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