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Less than a week remains for registered voters in Hughes County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the February 9th Special Allen Public School and Weleetka Public School Elections, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today.
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Due to MCN Executive Order 20-02, NCA 20-066 and CDC Guidelines to prevent large gatherings. Drive-by voting will be held February 9th 5pm-8pm.
Read moreFebruary marks the annual nationwide observance of African American history. Historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded, in 1926, Negro History Week to this occasion to highlight the history and contributions of African Americans. African American History Month is recognized in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The month of February was selected to coincide with the birth dates of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
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On Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 6 p.m. the OHS Black Heritage Committee will present “Blacks on the Oklahoma Frontier: Lawmen, Outlaws, Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Rodeos,” the third Oklahoma African American Film Festival. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festival will be held virtually. The focus of this year’s festival is African American pioneers on the Oklahoma frontier. Topics will include notorious outlaws such as Crawford Goldsby, better known as Cherokee Bill, and fearless lawmen like Deputy US Marshal Bass Reeves. Art Burton, author of numerous publications including Black, Red, and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territories and Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves, will be a special guest.
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The Smithsonian Institution opened its newest museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), on September 24, 2016. The celebration continues and reaches beyond Washington, DC, to Guthrie as the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library presents A Place for All People: Introducing the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The commemorative poster exhibition will be on view from February 2 to May 31, 2021.
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Read moreThe Clearview road project from the Clearview Cemetery toward Weleetka has begun. Utilities are being moved and as soon as that work is complete, the widening of the road to one mile south of Grassy Lake should begin very soon. Frank and Jean Marie Simmons are spending the week with Jean’s mother, Marguerite French. Please continue your prayers for those on the sick list, L. C. Carson, Margie Plunkett, Kevin Sinnett, Kurrilue Johnson, Billy Walker, Cornell Lucas, and Jean Chatman.
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