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Posted on May 14, 2022 Nearly 250 friends, family, UNC and community leaders, social workers, and School of Social Work faculty, staff, and students gathered for a dinner celebration on May 13, 2022, to honor the legacy of Hortense King McClinton, the first Black faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Dr. Donnie L. Nero Sr., organizer of the 2023 Oklahoma All-Black Towns State Conference in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma History Center on August 12, reported an outstanding participation at the conference. Eleven Black mayors, representing Black towns and or predominantly Black populated areas, participated in morning sessions which provided information about their communities. Twelve state agencies and/or organizations presented during afternoon sessions provided information vital to the towns and individuals to assist in infrastructure and town building.
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It was in 1921 that Kaleb Sims and Dollie Golden of Clearview married. They remained in Clearview for one year and the following year they moved to California. During that year, Opal, their only child was born. Before they left for their new home, Dollie’s mother, Dolly Hollands Golden had Kaleb promise to bring her daughter and her new granddaughter Opal back to Clearview on Dollie’s birthday which was September 1st. Of course, Kaleb agreed to return each year on September 1st.
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Read moreWetumka, OK - The Wetumka Municipal Authority is set to receive funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Grant, as announced in a letter sent by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB). The grant aims to support water, sewer, and dam projects, with Wetumka’s application, ARP-23-0191-G, qualifying for the additional ARPA funds authorized by House Bill 2942, which was enacted into law on May 26, 2023.
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