Cherokee Freedmen Descendant Runs for Cherokee Nation Council to Amplify Equity

Описание: In this episode I speak with Charles Wilkes, a Cherokee Freedmen descendant and a descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, about his effort to become the first Freedmen to serve on the Council in over 100 years and his plans for District 5, which includes parts of North Tulsa, if elected on June 7.

This episode is presented by Afropopco — Oklahoma’s only Black-owned craft soda company. Grab a bottle at https://www.afropopco.com/
Produced by Jesse Ulrich of Pod4Good Media. Learn more at https://www.pod4good.com/
Recorded in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District.

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