Antonia Hylton

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Mike Hixenbaugh |Roberto Daza |Antonia Hylton |Ala'a Ibrahim

TULSA, Okla. — The women have spent decades trying to forget, but some memories haunt them. The way the children’s pastor wrapped them in his arms. The terrifying stories he told about demons and the warmth in his voice as he promised to protect them. The chill of his hands on parts of their bodies where no grown man’s hands should be. The blood some of them found in their underwear afterward. They can still picture the spaces where it happened: A church nursery. A childhood bedroom.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Mike Hixenbaugh |Roberto Daza |Antonia Hylton

One Of America's Largest And Best Playgrounds Is A World-Class, Free Waterfront Wonderland In TulsaAs a lifelong Tulsan who has traveled all over the United States, I've got a long and ever-growing personal list of what makes my hometown — a …

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Antonia Hylton

More than 40 colorful and arresting paintings of Black American life will soon take the spotlight at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The “American Sublime” show, which opens April 9, solidifies realist painter Amy Sherald as one of the most important living artists in America. Sherald is renowned for her portraits of former first lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, but she typically finds inspiration in the beauty of strangers and everyday life.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Antonia Hylton

More than 40 colorful and arresting paintings of Black American life will soon take the spotlight at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The “American Sublime” show, which opens April 9, solidifies realist painter Amy Sherald as one of the most important living artists in America. Sherald is renowned for her portraits of former first lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, but she typically finds inspiration in the beauty of strangers and everyday life.

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Mike Hixenbaugh |Antonia Hylton

The indictment of former megachurch pastor Robert Morris on child sex abuse charges this week was made possible by an accuser who refused to quit, a novel legal theory and an archaic section of state criminal code that dates to Oklahoma’s origins on the wild frontier. Morris, a leading national figure in the American evangelical movement and the founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was charged Wednesday with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.