by Michael Bates | Jun 29, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
You have five more days (Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to Sunday, July 4, 2021) to visit Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum, before the museum, as you’ve known it for the last 57 years, goes away forever.
by Michael Bates | Jun 13, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
This past Saturday morning, after visiting the Greenwood Farmers and Artisans Market, I took some photos of the old Moton (Morton) Health Center complex just west of Rudisill Library, on the north side of Pine Street between Greenwood Avenue and Greenwood Place....
by Michael Bates | Jun 6, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Disappointed with Tulsa Public School’s bloated and inept administration? A “no” vote in Tuesday’s (June 8, 2021) TPS bond election is an effective way to cast a vote of no confidence and register a demand for real change.
by Michael Bates | May 25, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
To journalists, photographers, and visitors, pilgrims this week of the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Welcome to Tulsa. Some context may help you interpret what you see and hear this week.
by Michael Bates | May 21, 2021 | Culture, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Saint Francis Health System is cutting off access for parents of teenagers to their children’s medical records as of June 15. Why is a Catholic Christian organization taking these steps intended to enable teen experimentation with sex, drugs, and gender...
by Michael Bates | May 19, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
During the Great Depression, the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) commissioned a series of maps in 1936 to document land ownership and taxable value. An example of the maps are shown above. Each map covers a Public Land...
