The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 2017 Page: 1 of 12
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TULSA POSTMASTER Kathy Ervin-Johnson receiving
Proclamation from Jonathan Townsend, Community
Development & Policy Assistant to Mayor GT Bynum
Ihe United States I’tbtal
Service (LSI’S) hosted the un-
veiling of the Smithsonian Na-
tional Museum of African
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Gets Spooky
This Weekend
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Eagle Guest Contributor
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Betty Shelby Acquitted Of
Murdering Terence Crutcher
Will Have Her Case Cleared
And Praying With Purpose Memorial Nears Its Goal
BETTY SHELBY ACQUITTED of murdering Terence Crutcher will have her case
cleared from the record. (Photo Credit NBS News) _____________
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to the record because
Shelby would likely dis-
close it on job application*,
agencies won t be able to
find the case in a back-
ground search, said
Shelby’s defense attorney
Shannon McMurrav
"This crime doesnot exist
lor employment application
purpose*. Me Murray said
Wednesday
Famed actor Robert Guil-
laume, known for bis critically
acclaimed role as beloved but
let "Benson, died Tuesday al
home in Lo* Angeles, "Vari-
ety1" reports
Hi* wife, Donna Brown
Guillaume, told the Al1 that
Guillaume succumbed from
complications relating to
piostate cancer
Guillaume, enjoyed a
lengthy acting career appear-
ing in many notable movies,
television show* and broad
way plays. In 1979 he won an
Emmy for best Supporting
Actor Emmy in a comedy se-
nes for hi* role as in Soap,
with the court.
The case will only be
accessible through a court
order and can be destroyed
after 10 years, according to
state law.
Shelby was found not
guiltv in the May case after
the September shooting
death of Terence Crutcher,
43, as he stood near his
SUV, which was stopped in
the middle of a Tulsa street
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Sterling Thomas' vision
for The Sterling Thomas Push
Push Pray Foundation is to as-
sist those with spinal cord in-
juries to move forward into a
new reality and a better qual
ity of life
Sterling Thomas is a for-
mer Union High School foot
ball player 1 le was a member
of the Union twtball program
during a portion of the time
when Union won four con*e<
utive Stale championships
(2W8-2011). He has been
awarded three State chainpi-
onship rings. Sterling gradu-
ated with the Union High
School C lass of 2012 Hi* aca-
demic and athletic achieve-
ment paced the wav to him
being recruited to lx* a mem-
ber of the Lindenwood Uni-
versity Lions football team
I le wore jersey *27.
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ROBERT GUILLAUME (Photo courtesy of The Rickey Smiley
Morning Show)
when1 lu* originated the role ’
of "Benson."
Hi* drv take as 'Benson.'
a Black butler to a prominent
white family, earned a self ti
tied spiiH>tt series, leading to
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\ former Oklahoma cop
who was acquitted of a mur-
der cha ge after shooting an
uii ’rmed man will have the
Gise n moved from her record,
a judge ha* ruled.
That does not mean, how-
ex ci that no one will be able
to read the case again
l.hstrki Judge William
LaToHune also oidered all
document* involving former
Tulsa officer Betty |o
Shelbv s case1 staled and kept
The I Ills Walker Woods
Memorial Committee
(LWWMC ) is seeking dona-
tions so that it can move for-
ward on building the
memorial park Mr Wtiods
was the first principal ot
Booker I Washington High
School (BTW), whose origi-
nal site and memorial will be
located on what is now the
campus of Oklahoma State
University Tulsa. Mr. Wwds
was hired a* the principal of
Booker T. Washington in
1913 and served until his
death in 1948.
memorial to Mr. Woods
has been designed and ap-
proved for construction. I his
is a project startl'd by th<* late
t Edgar Dunn a 1948
graduate of BIW, the North ♦
Iulsa Historical Sxiety, and
many community leaders.
See ELLIS WALKER. P.3
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"Celebrating African Ameri-
can I listory and Culture", rep-
resents the museum which
was dedicated on September
24,2016 alter over 100 year* of
effort and pressure from citi-
zen* and congressional mem-
bership The NMAAFK
continues to see overwhelm-
ing attendance from people
from all over the world.
lean Neal, Program De-
velopment & Events Manager
of the John Hope Franklin
Center, welcomed the audi
ence and intnxlua'd interna-
tionally known songstre**
Ernestine Dillard, w ho gave a
]photo Credit Don Thompson Photography> soul stirring rendition ot
American History and Cul-
ture (NMAAHC) Postage I’hetote Mshairi.
Stamp at the Greenwood Cul-
tural Center in the historic
Black Wall Street District in
Tulsa on Friday, October 20.
2017 The stamp entitled,
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Goodwin, Jeanne M. The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 2017, newspaper, October 26, 2017; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1808323/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.