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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, from 6 to 8 p.m.
OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER
Free and open to the public!!
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) will celebrate Juneteenth with “Music through the Ages” on Thursday, June 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Oklahoma History Center. Oklahoma Senator George E. Young Sr. of Oklahoma City will give a keynote speech, and Dr. Donnie Nero will serve as the emcee for several musical performances and educational presentations representing Oklahoma’s unique African American roots. Light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Harold Aldridge will perform 19th-century calls and early blues while giving background information on their origins. Walter Taylor’s Blu Fonk band will play mid-20th-century blues and swing. Jabee Williams will round out the music with a more contemporary rap mix. Other performers will include Evelyn Morgan, Delta Sigma Theta, and the Brothers of Stomp from Beta Omicron Sigma.
This annual event is sponsored by the OHS’s Multicultural Office and Black Heritage Committee. This event is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted for the Shirley Ann Ballard Nero endowment to provide funding for exhibits, events, and programming related to Oklahoma's All-Black towns. The Oklahoma History Center is located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City.
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JUNETEENTH is the celebration of emancipation following the US Civil War, and commemorates the day when US Army General Gordon Granger proclaimed the end of slavery in Texas at Galveston on June 19, 1865. This news and celebration spread to the enslaved people of Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) throughout that summer. |
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Click event listings below for more information.
10 - Museum After Dark: Village Sounds featuring Stacey Sanders, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
11 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
11 - Barn Quilt workshop **CLASS IS FULL**, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
11 - Pawnee Bill's Wild West Days, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
11 - The Battle of Honey Springs deadCenter Film Festival screening, Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16, Oklahoma City
11 - Fort Towson Homecoming, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
14–18 - 2022 Enid Summer Chautauqua: Surviving the Sixties, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
16 - Juneteenth Celebration: Music Through the Ages, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
17 - OU and OAS Summer Archaeological Research concludes, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro
18 - Will’s Cowboy Trader Days at the Ranch, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah
18 - Pioneer Family Fun Day, Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City
18 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
18 - Family Day at the Birthplace Ranch: 19th-Century Baseball Game, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah
20–22 - Will’s Wild West Kids Camp, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
21 - Summer Solstice Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, Spiro
22 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
23 - Thursday Night Lecture Series featuring Lynn Riggs film A Day in Santa Fe (1931), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
24 - Movie Night featuring Route 66: An American Odyssey (1995), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
25 - Guided tours, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
28 - Home on the Range: Dallas Mayer Art Show opens, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
28 - “Shut the Door! Barns in Oklahoma: Use of Stone and Bank Barns in Oklahoma” webinar (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
30 - Vintage Snack Sets exhibit closes, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
1 - Early Influencers: How Anna Overholser & Henry Ione Overholser Perry Set the Style for Oklahoma City Women, 1903–1929 exhibit opens, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
2 - Guided tours, Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah
2 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
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