Deon Osborne
Managing Editor and Writer at The Black Wall Street Times
Managing Editor @ Black Wall St. Times. | Biased for Democracy. | Pro-reparations | Freedmen descendant | Registered Independent | (He/him) [email protected]
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indepthwithdeon.substack.com | Deon Osborne
Louisiana State Police arrested Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu today, over four months after he protested the genocides in Gaza and Sudan during the NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show in a viral act viewed by millions around the world.
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2 days ago |
theblackwallsttimes.com | Deon Osborne
A fundraiser for the Tamir Rice Foundation received a $50,000 donation from basketball star Kyrie Irving Wednesday on what would have been the 23rd birthday for Tamir Rice–an unarmed boy who was shot and killed by Ohio police in 2014 while playing with a toy gun. His mother, Samir Rice, created the Tamir Rice Foundation to “invest in the growth and enrichment of all children.” This month, she launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe asking supporters to donate $23 for Rice’s 23rd birthday on June 25.
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theblackwallsttimes.com | Deon Osborne
TULSA,Okla.–A group of student filmmakers graced the red carpet at Circle Cinema Saturday morning to debut an empowering documentary for Tulsa’s youth. The short film, “We R One” follows the journey of Black Wall Street’s Kode Ransom, a youth coach, mentor, music artist and entrepreneur. Through years of mentoring and providing tours of the Historic Greenwood District, Ransom has become one of the most familiar faces for youth in a community long-neglected of resources.
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3 days ago |
indepthwithdeon.substack.com | Deon Osborne
Twenty two-year-old Isaiah Knight leaves behind a partner and a baby. Seven others were wounded — some as young as 17, others as old as 80. Hundreds were traumatized. Black Wall Street was shut down with crime tape and blood on the pavement. That’s the reality we’re sitting with after the mass shooting during the Juneteenth festival in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District.
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4 days ago |
theblackwallsttimes.com | Deon Osborne
Listen to this article here TULSA, Okla. — Days after a deadly mass shooting traumatized hundreds of Juneteenth festival attendees, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced new safety measures Monday afternoon, including a proposed curfew, aimed at reducing the crisis of gun violence impacting the city’s youth. Flanked by local and federal law enforcement at City Hall, Mayor Nichols announced plans to pass a new ordinance that would create a new downtown curfew for minors.
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I spoke with nearly a dozen descendants of massacre survivors who say they support the Greenwood Trust as long as it goes to direct support for survivors/families/Greenwood. Btw: Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall—who dismissed the case in 2023—faces reelection in 2026. https://t.co/z5dtoSijV8
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