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The Legacy of AJ Smitherman, Founder Of The Tulsa Star
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12:21Now PlayingOne of the leading voices in Tulsa ahead of the 1921 massacre was a fearless journalist and lawyer named AJ Smitherman. He was the owner and founder of the first nationally distributed Black newspaper called "The Tulsa Star." Raven Majia Williams, Smitherman's great-grandaughter and founder of the AJ Smitherman Foundation, joins "Start Your Day" with Sharon Reed and Mike Hill to discuss the Tulsa Massacre, her great grandfather, and the history of the Buy Black campaign.
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