Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed one of America’s most affluent Black communities, the Greenwood District. While many Americans are just now learning about this hidden tragedy, much of its history and the survivors’ stories remain largely untold. Oklahoma State University assistant professor Dr. Brandy Thomas Wells and her class are telling the stories of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, focusing on an often-overlooked perspective: the women of Black Wall Street. https://news.okstate.edu//osu_students_help_professor_tell

We want to highlight some of our amazing student researchers, like Joshua Anadu who graduated this May with a CAS minor in Geology!

Happy Memorial Day #CAScowboys! We are so grateful for all those who served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice for us.

In commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma State University history and journalism students created Women of Black Wall Street. Under the direction of Brandy Thomas Wells, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, the website chronicles the lives of 10 Black women in historic Greenwood, including Loula T. Williams, Emma Gurley, Dora Wells, and Elnora Ashford. The website includes maps that show where these women lived and worked and where these addr...esses are today. It also features interviews of one of Susie Bell's descendants (of the Bell and Little Café) and the voices of some Black women business owners in Greenwood today. https://blackwallstreetwomen.com

Art Department donor, Ginger Schultz, won the Give Orange Raffle this year and got to work with professor Chris Ramsay to create her own sterling silver ring with a banded agate bezel setting. Thank you to all those that support CAS and our departments!

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2021-2022 season includes legendary country musician Tim McGraw and Broadway icon Bernadette Peters. The season will run from September to May, with McGraw's performance headlining a grand reopening weekend of performances in October and Peters' taking place on Valentine's Day 2022. https://okla.st/3fsqiry